AFL-CIO forum
Get ready for the AFL-CIO forum. Democratic presidential candidates are preparing statements and presentations for the AFL-CIO forum -- let's hope this discussion focuses on real issues!
Dear Friends, In organizing for our McCain Town Hall Event In Rochester New Hampshire Tomorrow Morning we came across some dubious plans by the AFL-CIO. The AFL-CIO is attempting to make their appearance at this event one of their largest and most loudly voiced in New England against John McCain. They plan on holding their Anti-McCain Rally in the Wakefield street parking lot tomorrow morning. They have even gone so far as to distribute emails and internal messages urging...
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The AFL-CIO announced a laundry list of endorsements today, but did not endorse any of the four candidates running for the Democratic Attorney General nomination in Missouri. While most of the endorsements were Democrats, a few Republicans were selected including State Sen. Tom Dempsey and Rep. Neal St. Onge, who is running in a highly contested seat to replace Sen. John Loudon. Among the high profile endorsements are Jay Nixon for Governor, Sam Page for Lt. Gov, Clint Zweifel for State...
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The AFL-CIO’s executive council voted to NOT endorse any presidential candidate. I guess there were too many contrasting views about which Democrat to support in the election. Now that the AFL/CIO isn't backing one particular candidate, each of the 55 member unions is free to make individual endorsements. And you know what that means...more time and more political money is going to be spent courting unions. It is a smart move on the AFL-CIO's part. This decision will require each of the...
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Labor history was quietly made in Appleton, Wisconsin on Saturday, January 26, 2008.The event was the Wisconsin AFL-CIO New Alliance Convocation, which took place at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. The choice of a meeting site was significant. The Radisson in Appleton was built entirely by Union laborers and is an example of successful cooperation between contractors and Union labor.The New Alliance is the AFL-CIO's first major initiative to restructure the American labor...
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NEW YORK, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust has committed to invest $7.8 million in Big Six Towers, a cooperative housing complex in Queens with long ties to the labor ...
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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George today announced the reaffirmation of the AFL-CIOs endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President which was made by the AFL-CIOs General Board on June 26, 2008 and endorsements made today by the PA AFL-CIO Executive Council for Attorney General...
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"Barack Obama comes from a working class family, with working class values. He fought for equal pay, minimum wage, prevailing wage improvements, card check, ...
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Let's see if this makes any sense. Membership in labor unions has been shrinking for the past 50 years.
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There are two competing business plans to bring copper company ASARCO out of bankruptcy, but only one of them serves the interests of the companys many employees and their families.
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The presidents of several labor unions that quit the AFL-CIO three years ago have been quietly meeting with union presidents in the federation to coordinate their political operations and message for the fall ...
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With two weeks left until the August 5th run-off between Vernon Jones and Jim Martin, the Georgia state AFL-CIO is now supporting Jim Martin for the Democrats' U.S. Senate nomination. The union has now thrown its support behind Martin for the runoff. [Georgia state AFL-CIO President Richard]Ray...
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Sen. Barack Obama has voted to protect and strengthen Social Security and against privatizing the nation's most successful retirement security program.
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The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members who are military veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain, officials said Thursday.
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DAYTON (AP) -- The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members in Ohio and other states who are military veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain and other office seekers it opposes, officials s
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