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AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka On President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address

Wed, 01/25/2012 - 10:19am

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Leaders are judged not just by what they say but to whom they listen. President Obama’s speech tonight shows that he has listened to the single mom working two jobs to get by, to the out-of-work construction worker, to the retired factory worker, to the student serving coffee to help pay for college.

 

By laying out a vision of an America that can create jobs and prosperity for all instead of wealth for the few, the President voiced the aspirations and concerns of those who are too often ignored. 

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Thousands Rally at State House Against Pension Changes

Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:13am
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Solidarity Forever sung by Pete Seeger & The Weavers

Solidarity Forever: Happy Labor Day

Thu, 09/01/2011 - 1:57pm

Current AFL-CIO Boycotts

Mon, 08/15/2011 - 3:06pm

A company and its products or services are put on the national list of AFL-CIO-endorsed boycotts at the request of affiliated international and national unions that are working to help the firm's employees overcome management efforts to keep them from winning justice on the job through organizing and collective bargaining.

A boycott is endorsed by the AFL-CIO after it has been initiated by the international and/or national union as part of a broader campaign on behalf of employees of the targeted company.

As appropriate, the AFL-CIO and the Union Label & Service Trades Department assist the international/national union with publicizing the boycott. The union retains the primary responsibility for conducting the boycott.

Companies,their products and services are added to and removed from the list as events warrant.

Armand E. Sabitoni- Working Families Can Not Afford More Games

Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:44pm

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

In the past several years there have been many disturbing trends that leave the American working person in a difficult situation. Political whining and posturing has taken the place of the “can do” attitude that has kept our country strong for over two hundred years. The American middle class has been quite patient with the sacrifices they have made during this last difficult and painful recession. We have been patient with the bailouts of Wall Street. We have been patient when their CEO’s raked in large bonuses after we saved their corporations. We have been patiently waiting for the economy to improve while filibustering and fighting have continued in Washington.

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at the National Press Club

Mon, 05/23/2011 - 9:57am
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We Are One
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Richard Trumka: Scott Walker's False Choice

Mon, 03/07/2011 - 1:09pm

Washington DC:  Close to 200,000 working Wisconsinites have been given the following option by Gov. Scott Walker: If you want to keep your job, give up your rights. If you want to keep your rights, you're going to be laid off.

This is downright un-American. The governor's choice is a false one, manufactured for political reasons.

The real question, the one at the heart of our economic debate, is this: Do we continue down a path that delivers virtually all income growth to the richest 1% of Americans, or do we commit to rebuilding a thriving middle class? 

Richard McIntyre: Gablinske wrong about right-to-work states

Mon, 01/10/2011 - 1:01pm

 

Mark Patinkin’s fawning portrait of Doug Gablinske (“Gablinske says he won’t give in to union influence,” Dec.12) was followed three days later by Gablinske’s Commentary piece (“Teachers should oppose dirty tricks”).

Whether Gablinske has or has not been mistreated by union members is a matter for the courts to decide. But he misrepresents basic economic issues concerning labor law and Patinkin apparently did not have the time to check the facts.

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Tax Cut Deal

Tue, 12/07/2010 - 4:37pm

 


Two years ago, working Americans had high hopes that we would ultimately emerge from the deep, punishing financial debacle with a sharp focus on a fundamentally stronger, fairer and more balanced economy.  Today, that vision has dimmed.
Mark Bouthilier practices cylindrical welding techniques at the East Providence chapter of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada.
Mark Bouthilier practices cylindrical welding techniques at the East Providence chapter of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada.

PBN: New online education program for union members kicks off in Rhode Island

Thu, 09/30/2010 - 9:37am

By Chris Barrett

PBN Staff Writer

A new way of educating labor union members across the country will get its start in Rhode Island.

This fall the Princeton Review will team up with the Institute for Labor Studies and Research in Cranston and the Rhode Island AFL-CIO to offer an array of online courses that put union members on track to college degrees. Eventually, the model will roll out around the nation under the supervision of the National Labor College, a union-backed school and the umbrella organization for the Cranston institute.

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