AFL-CIO

Type: Organization

Name: AFL-CIO

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Getting smart in D.C.

Kudos to Sen. Chuck Schumer and the rest of his gang for gathering momentum on this essential national priority.By a 13-5 vote, Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary Committee embraced a bill that tightens up border and visa enforcement, creates ... [Published New York Daily News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Charles E Schumer, Workers, Immigration, Orrin Hatch, AFL-CIO

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Communications Workers of America

It?s Not Easy Being Blue and Green

In a final push to halt approval of the Keystone XL pipeline this spring, many environmentalists are posing a familiar question to labor: Which side are you on?So far in the Keystone XL conflict, unions have largely ended up on the other side of the line ... [Published In These Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Laborers' International Union of North America, Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Oil Sands

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Rolly: Matheson confounds GOP and Dems

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, Congressman Jim Matheson is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.The only Democrat in Utah’s congressional delegation is befuddling in the sense that he not only is a constant target of Republicans who demonize ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jim Matheson, Republican Party (US), AFL-CIO, Nancy Pelosi

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

American Civil Liberties Union

Letter: Seeking information for well-informed votes

Rep. Hal Wicks articulate defense of the states membership in ALEC was almost convincing; but then, unlike Fox News, ALEC never has claimed to be fair and balanced. So, to achieve this, should the state also pay dues to AFL-CIO and ACLU?Yes, at the conference ... [Published Argus Leader - 3 hours ago]

Entities: AFL-CIO, American Civil Liberties Union, AT&T Inc

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Barack Obama

Bridge Collapse Likely to Fall on Deaf Ears in Congress — Again

It’s almost as if Washington has seen this movie before: a bridge collapses, groups decry the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and Congress does nothing.Like the tragic Minneapolis, Minn., bridge collapse in 2007 that came before it, today’s Mount Vernon, ... [Published Gnom.es - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Deaf Ears, Infrastructure, Barack Obama, Transportation

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

AFL-CIO

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration Bill

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the AFL-CIO: Today brings to mind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wise and hopeful words, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." More than 11 million aspiring Americans ... [Published HighBeam Research - 12 hours ago]

Entities: AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, Immigration

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Apple Inc

Expert: Congress Shouldn't Listen to Apple's Tax Plan

The revelation that Apple used a to legally pay little to no taxes on it earned overseas has re-ignited the debate over reforming the US tax code. But the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) warned this week against proposals pushed ... [Published Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Apple Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, AFL-CIO

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Pineapples Crush N.J. Man, He Survives

There are some accidents in industrial environments that are harder to anticipate than others. One of them happened in a Jersey City warehouse on Wednesday.About 1,500 pounds of pineapples crashed down on a man working in the warehouse, but he was able ... [Published NewJerseyNewsroom.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Workers, AFL-CIO

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

CEO Perks Help the Rich Get Richer

Wynn Resorts kept a suite open all year at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, at a cost of nearly $452,000.Former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano was guaranteed an administrative assistant and furnished office for life as a retirement ... [Published Sci-Tech Today - May 23 2013]

Entities: Samuel Palmisano, Rory Read, Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts Ltd

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Nothing Happens in Washington — Except For This

What I have heard after visiting 18 cities in six weeks is that people around the country believe that nothing can happen in Washington, D.C. They are basically right. So I am very grateful today to report the one exception.U.S. Capitol Building, Gary ... [Published Sojourners - May 23 2013]

Entities: Washington DC, Jim Wallis, AFL-CIO, Evangelism

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Positive Development

Advancing the Conversion from War to Peace Economy by David Swanson The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: ”the diversification or conversion ... [Published New. Clear. Vision. - May 23 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, David Swanson, Manufacturing, Workers

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

AFL-CIO vows to fight Hatch’s amendments to immigration bill

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will try to persuade skeptical Democrats that Hatch’s changes to the immigration bill, which brought it closer to the preferences of the high-tech industry, are not necessarily bad for U.S. labor. The AFL-CIO ... [Published Homeland Security News Wire - May 23 2013]

Entities: Orrin Hatch, AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, Workers

Quotes

"Requiring employers to pay overtime is an incentive for businesses to hire more workers so … overtime hours don’t rack up" says the AFL-CIO statement...

Rolly: Matheson confounds GOP and Dems [Published Salt Lake Tribune - 2 hours ago]

"Let me just say: Whoever heard of such a thing?" Doris Crouse-Mays, president of the Virginia AFL-CIO, told the rally. "You're funding pensions for people who aren't even born yet."

Postal Service workers warn of delays in mail delivery [Published HamptonRoads.com - 7 hours ago]

WASHINGTON DC -- The following information was released by the AFL-CIO: Today brings to mind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wise and hopeful words, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." More than 11 million aspiring Americans took a big step toward becoming citizens ... (Publication: States News Service)

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration Bill [Published HighBeam Research - 12 hours ago]

"There's not a word of truth to anything Blankenship said," says a UMWA spokesperson. "Our lawyers our looking to see if this is actionable." The AFL-CIO

Laurence Leamer: Are Union Leaders Richard Trumka and Cecil Roberts Murderers? [Published Huffington Post - 13 hours ago]

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Getting smart in D.C. [Published New York Daily News - 1 hour ago]
It?s Not Easy Being Blue and Green [Published In These Times - 2 hours ago]
Rolly: Matheson confounds GOP and Dems [Published Salt Lake Tribune - 2 hours ago]
ANCA testimony to call for conditions on Turkey... [Published PanARMENIAN Network - 3 hours ago]
Letter: Seeking information for well-informed v... [Published Argus Leader - 3 hours ago]
Philadelphia workers say, ‘We will shut city down’ [Published Workers World Online - 3 hours ago]
Bridge Collapse Likely to Fall on Deaf Ears in ... [Published Gnom.es - 4 hours ago]
Capital Chatter: Democrats celebrate sending sc... [Published Worthington Daily Globe - 6 hours ago]
Postal Service workers warn of delays in mail d... [Published HamptonRoads.com - 7 hours ago]
Under Cover Inside Bangladeshi Garment Factory [Published AFL-CIO - 7 hours ago]
give domestic workers some basic rights [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - 8 hours ago]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka o... [Published HighBeam Research - 12 hours ago]
Laurence Leamer: Are Union Leaders Richard Trum... [Published Huffington Post - 13 hours ago]
Washington Bridge Collapse Reminder of Need for... [Published AFL-CIO - 13 hours ago]
Unions gather aid for tornado victims [Published People's World - 13 hours ago]
Michigan AFL-CIO president: Weakened NLRB hurts... [Published Michigan Live - 13 hours ago]
Have a Union-Made Memorial Day Weekend! [Published UFCW - 14 hours ago]
Mass. Senate race scrapes the bottom of the pond [Published CNN - 15 hours ago]
Mass. Senate race scrapes the scum off the pond [Published CNN Political Ticker - 16 hours ago]
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Boehner: House Will Produce Its Own Immigration... [Published PBS - 17 hours ago]
Expert: Congress Shouldn't Listen to Apple's Ta... [Published Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]
Jim Wallis: Nothing Happens in Washington -- Ex... [Published Huffington Post - 19 hours ago]
Expert: Congress Shouldn't Listen to Apple's Ta... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - 19 hours ago]
Some unions now angry about health care overhaul [Published Santa Maria Times - 19 hours ago]
Illinois smart grid fistfight continues - Gover... [Published Smart Grid News - 20 hours ago]
Jeremy Brecher/Joe Uehlein: 400 PPM & U.S. Labor [Published ZNet - 21 hours ago]
Mike Hall: Bangladesh Worker Safety [Published ZNet - 21 hours ago]

Blogs

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Mass. Senate race scrapes the scum off the pond [Published CNN Political Ticker - 16 hours ago] (CNN) – The U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts took a nasty turn this week when the Republican candidate equated his Democratic rival to "pond scum" for a web video that pictured him on screen with Osama bin Laden. Saying he couldn't think of anything ...
Expert: Congress Shouldn't Listen to Apple's Ta... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - 19 hours ago] The revelation that Apple used a web of baroque tax strategies to legally pay little to no taxes on tens of billions of dollars it earned overseas has re-ignited the debate over reforming the US tax code. But the non-partisan Center on Budget and ...
Nothing Happens in Washington — Except For This [Published God's Politics Blog - May 23 2013] What I have heard after visiting 18 cities in six weeks is that people around the country believe that nothing can happen in Washington, D.C. They are basically right. So I am very grateful today to report the one exception. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary ...
Positive Development [Published New. Clear. Vision. - May 23 2013] Advancing the Conversion from War to Peace Economy by David Swanson The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things: ”the diversification or conversion ...
A Constitutional Clash Over Keystone? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 22 2013] Congress is considering a bill that would take the decision on the pipeline out of Obama’s hands. Howie Klein expects it to go through: It will in all likelihood pass the House tomorrow and, with the efforts of [John] Barrow [D-GA] and [Jim] Matheson ...

Audio/Video

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Opinion: Heritage Pulls an AFL-CIO -- Jason Ril... [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 07 2013]
Opinion: Heritage Pulls an AFL-CIO [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 07 2013]
Business and Labor Deal Resolves Wage Disagreem... [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 01 2013]
Opinon: Unions Muscle Big Business [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Feb 22 2013]
What Hope for Industrial Policy? [Published UC Berkeley Events - YouTube - Feb 14 2013]

Press Releases

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