AFL-CIO endorses health overhaul bill despite concerns over tax on high-cost insurance plans The nation's largest labor federation agreed Thursday to endorse the Obama administration's health care overhaul bill, despite lingering concerns over a tax on high-cost insurance plans. Union leaders on ...
Long the face of Pa. organized labor, Bill George to step down as president of state AFL-CIO After 20 years as the face of organized labor in Pennsylvania and 50 years since the United Steelworkers issued his first union card, Bill George ...
AFL-CIO rebuff of Ark. Democrat sign of more aggressive posture for unions AFL-CIO leaders said Tuesday their decision to oppose Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's re-election bid should send a powerful message to other Democrats who fall out of step with unions. Officials ...
Biden defends bailouts, tells labor leaders that organizing will be in 21st century industries Vice President Joe Biden told AFL-CIO leaders Monday that the government bailouts of the banking and auto industries were necessary steps the Obama administration needed to take before ...
Labor unions frustrated as top goals hit roadblocks despite union-friendly Obama White House Labor's high hopes for major gains under President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress have dimmed, raising fresh doubts about union leverage even in the best of political times. ...
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka as he addresses the AFL-CIO in Pittsburgh. The high hopes organized labor had for dramatic gains under Obama and a Democratic Congress have turned sour, ...
<div id="subtitle">Senate Democrat says coming immigration bill to be more generous to high skilled workers</div><div><p>The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through the Senate said Wednesday he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day that is more generous to highly ...
<div id="subtitle">Trumka launches bid to become AFL-CIO's first new president in 14 years</div><div><p>The nation's largest labor federation is about to elect its first new leader in 14 years after the labor movement split because of tensions about the longtime leadership.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Leaders vow tougher push on health care, labor law reform</div><div><p> Organized labor has always been one of the Democratic Partys most powerful and reliable allies, bankrolling candidates and turning out votes even, at times, at the expense of the union agenda.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">Next chief pledges to press for health care, labor law reform</div><div><p> Richard Trumka fashions himself after some of the 20th centurys labor firebrands.</p><p>Set to become AFL-CIO president next month, the mustachioed third-generation mine worker from southwestern Pennsylvania cuts an ...
