Archive for the 'Labor Issues' Category

This Fall’s Election is Not about Policies and Programs – It’s About Right and Wrong

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

This Fall’s Election is Not about Policies and Programs – It’s About Right and Wrong
By Robert Creamer
There is a tendency among people who spend their lives working to promote policy positions, Members of Congress, Congressional staffs, and even the media to discuss political issues in terms of public policy.
I don’t mean simply […]

On Labor Day, Work to Save the Middle Class

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Leo W. Gerard
International President, United Steelworkers
September 3, 2010
On Labor Day, Work to Save the Middle Class
This Labor Day feels gloomy. It’s a celebration of work when there is not enough of it, a day off when too many desperately seek a day on.
America has commemorated two Labor Days since […]

Economic Patriotism message from the AFL-CIO

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

All:
Rich Trumka is talking this Labor Day about the need for Economic Patriotism. It’s a message/theme we think will resonate–certainly among working people and the millions of jobless workers–and one that certainly can apply in many ways: EG: Corporations acting anti-patriotic by moving jobs out of this country. (In the much-discussed New York Times artilcle […]

Does U.S. Rep. Mike Castle Agree With His Leader John Boehner That Delaware Cops, Fire Fighters, and Teachers Are Nothing But “Special Interests”?

Monday, August 9th, 2010

www.americansunitedforchange.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870
August 9, 2010 […]

Carper Votes for Funding to Protect Education and First Responder Jobs, Provide Medicaid Assistance to States

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

FOR RELEASE: August 5, 2010
CONTACT: Emily Spain (202) 224-2441
Carper Votes for Funding to Protect Education and First Responder Jobs, Provide Medicaid Assistance to States
WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) voted with the majority of his colleagues in supporting the Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) and Education Jobs Fund amendment to H.R. 1586.
The Senate […]

Is the Republican Victory Plan Another Great Depression?

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Is the Republican Victory Plan Another Great Depression?
It seems like the Republicans in Congress have decided that sabotaging economic recovery and employment growth is their best tactic for electoral gains in the November elections. Indications of this plan have been around since the Democratic victories in 2008. It seems that all doubt about facilitating the […]

DEMS, GOP READING SAME POLL on the deficit and manufacturing

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

DEMS, GOP READING SAME POLL
House Democrats gathered on yesterday to discuss the results of a national survey on the deficit and manufacturing that House Republicans were passing around late last week. Digging into the survey, which was paid for by the Alliance for American Manufacturing and done by Dem Mark Mellman and GOPer Whit […]

Free Trade Agreement with Korea will cost U.S. jobs

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Free Trade Agreement with Korea will cost U.S. jobs
Robert E. Scott
July 1, 2010
The Obama administration has announced that it intends to finalize a new free trade agreement with South Korea (KORUS FTA) in time for the next G-20 summit in November. Although the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) projects this will have a […]

Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) town hall & dinner in Delaware

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a non-partisan partnership of leading U.S. manufacturers and the United Steelworkers.
Every citizen in the state of Delaware, the city of Newark and the surrounding region, no matter what their income, education, position, or political leaning should join us to put the critical need to rebuild a new manufacturing economy […]

Alliance for American Manufacturing Town Hall in Delaware on June 29th

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Alliance for American Manufacturing Town Hall in Delaware on June 29th
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Plumbers & Pipefitters (UA 74) Hall
201 Executive Drive
Newark, Delaware 19702
Contacts: Gwen Miller 302-283-1330
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