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The AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council announced a new initiative today to reach union veterans, one million of whom live in critical swing states: WI, MN, MI, PA and OH. The effort includes a new hard-hitting mail piece that will be sent to 100,000 union veteran households in eight states. It...  

by Jill Zuckman With less than four weeks until Election Day, the AFL-CIO is kicking into high gear as it targets the hardest to persuade voters that Barack Obama should be the next president. Using phone calls, mail and direct conversations at the workplace, the labor organization is...  

A letter sent out by a local labor union has the Danville Area United Way defending its decision regarding a budget move.A letter sent out by the Vermilion County Chapter of the AFL-CIO informed local unions the AFL-CIO community services liaison position no longer existed. In addition, the...  

Ben Waxman, Labor 2008 state director for Ohio, sends us this report on the start of Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola's walk around the Buckeye State to highlight the failed economic policies John McCain ...  

Wow. Just wow. When AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka gave a heartfelt speech at the United Steelworkers convention last July about the need for all of us to overcome racial prejudice when voting for ...  

Working America, the arm of the AFL-CIO that does outreach to nonunion workers, keeps up the economic assault on John McCain with another huge, hard-hitting mailing targeting the battleground states (click to enlarge): Also, in an interesting experiment, the AFL-CIO tells me that they'll be...  

*As the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain prepares to step up personal attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama, a YouTube clip has resurfaced of AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka defending Obama against voters whose only issue with the candidate is his race.  

*As the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain prepares to step up personal attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama, a YouTube clip has resurfaced of AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka defending Obama against voters whose only issue with the candidate is his race.  

Here's the latest mail piece from the AFL-CIO. It hits Sen. McCain on health care, and it'll be sent to more than a million union members across seven states, according to an AFL-CIO spokesperson.  

You might have seen a group of Barack Obama supporters walking through parts of the valley today. The group was part of the "Road to Recovery" Tour which will hit nine cities in Northern Ohio in the coming days.  

CANTON To highlight the economic difficulties many Ohioans face and help draw attention to more than 180,000 Ohio jobs lost, Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola said that he will walk through regions of Ohio hardest hit by the economic policies of the last eight years.  

PHILADELPHIA - The president of the AFL-CIO is coming to Philadelphia to help canvass union members on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and other candidates.  

CIO General Counsel Jon Hiatt explains how the union movement's campaign for justice for car wash workers in Los Angeles could become a model for future organizing.  

The AFL-CIO continues its quest to woo union members to the Democratic ticket, launching a new mailer that highlights the GOP nom's plan to tax employer-based health care. The piece will be sent to more than 1M swing voters in CO, VA, MI, OH, PA, WI and FL. Union worker Dave Fecke is pictured...  

Labor voters save day for Dems in states like and Ohio and Michigan, and the AFL-CIO is accumulating evidence that its political program influences, in particular, the votes of white men.   "For white men, regular church-goers -- if they're union members, we win them," said Karen Ackerman, the...