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Killing a bad idea
Today was a day of action to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership. Below is a statement from abor leaders urging their members to call their Congressmembers and tell them not to hold a vote on the TPP...
Morello making his rounds
Thousands of Teamster leaders flocked to Las Vegas to open the 29th Teamsters International Convention with some Rage. Former Rage Against the Machine and current guitarist for Prophets of Rage...
Rock Against the TPP
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of the biggest, job killing proposals that Washington D.C. has tried to pass. Since it is being done in secret most people have never even heard of it...
How the T.A.A. works
Global trade affects thousands of workers across the United States each year. To try and help those affected, the government has set in place a program called Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). TAA...
Punished for the sins of her husband
As the clock turned from “Super Tuesday 2” to post mortem Wednesday, political pundits were shocked as Bernie Sanders delivered one of the biggest surprises in winning the Michigan...
Talking Union on a National platform
While much of the talk during the last few weeks of the Presidential election have been on the circus that is the Republican Primary, this week has seen Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and...
Save your job, say no to TPP
Across the country every union from almost every industry is urging their members to submit comments to the International Trade Representative to oppose a trade deal that would send thousands of good...
BAM’s Final Stand
Last night, President Obama delivered his 8th and final State of the Union Address. In the speech, the President promised a shorter speech that was lighter on policy requests than usual. ...
AFL-CIO's Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2015
Kenneth Quinnell of the AFL-CIO put together a listing of the Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2015. You can go check out the original post on the AFL-CIO Now blog website. These are the most read stories...
Pres. candidate O'Malley on trade
We got this press release from Presidential Candidate and Former Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley who sat down with UAW Local 997 last week to discuss trade policy, how to build a stronger...