AFL-CIO backs health care bill despite tax concern

2010-03-18T15:15:27Z

<div id="subtitle">AFL-CIO endorses health overhaul bill despite concerns over tax on high-cost insurance plans</div><div><p>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.</p><p>Union leaders on the AFL-CIO's executive cou...

Bill George to retire as Pa. AFL-CIO president

2010-03-11T13:00:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Long the face of Pa. organized labor, Bill George to step down as president of state AFL-CIO</div><div><p>After 20 years as the face of organized labor in Pennsylvania and 50 years since the United Steelworkers

AFL-CIO sends a message with rebuff of Lincoln

2010-03-02T14:46:06Z

<div id="subtitle">AFL-CIO rebuff of Ark. Democrat sign of more aggressive posture for unions</div><div><p>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.&l...

Biden defends bailouts before labor leaders

2010-03-01T14:00:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Biden defends bailouts, tells labor leaders that organizing will be in 21st century industries</div><div><p>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 it could tac...

Organized labor's agenda hits roadblock; what now?

2010-02-27T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Labor unions frustrated as top goals hit roadblocks despite union-friendly Obama White House</div><div><p>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.</p><p>Prospects for a health overhaul have faded. Even slimmer are the chances of achieving labor's c...

Frustrated Labor

2010-02-27T05:45:40Z

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, raising fres...

Union agenda losing ground

2010-02-22T10:38:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Gridlock in Washington threatens reform plans</div><div><p> When Richard Trumka ascended a stage in Pittsburgh last year to accept the presidency of AFL-CIO, he vowed to reinvigorate a flagging labor movem...

Today in History

2010-02-23T01:53:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Today in History</div><div><p>Today is Sunday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2010. There are 355 days left in the year.</p><p>Today's Highlight in History:</p><p>On Jan. 10, 1860, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Mass., collapsed, trapping hundreds in the rubble; during rescue efforts, a fire b...

US health care reforms change little, critics say

2010-02-23T11:29:42Z

<div><p>The health care reform bill passed by US senators Thursday tramples on women's abortion rights and leeches off working Americans while enriching the insurance industry and changing little, critics said.</p><p>The National Organization for Women (NOW) blasted the measure as a "disappo...

U.S. labor group unveils plan to tackle joblessness

2010-02-24T04:23:13Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the largest U.S. labor federation urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to use the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund to help cash-starved small businesses as a way to stem rising joblessnes...

W.Va. groups back Rahall on health vote

2010-02-24T07:23:23Z

<div id="subtitle">W.Va. Democrats, unions and others to thank congressman in person for vote on health care bill</div><div><p>West Virginia Democrats, labor unions and other groups are planning to thank U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall in person for his vote on a sweeping health care measure.</p><p>The state AFL-CIO,

Rule would boost unions at airlines, railroads

2010-02-24T11:08:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Proposed rule change would make union organizing easier at airlines, railroads</div><div><p>Workers at U.S. airlines and railroads would have an easier time forming unions if the National Mediation Board succeeds in changing a 75-year-old rule on union organizing.</p>&...

Geithner Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee

2009-10-29T15:01:10Z

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Sheila Bair (2R), Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and John C. Dugan (R), Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, leave with others after the second panel during a hearing of the Reuters) - National Mediation Board, a U.S. federal labor-management relations agency, is considering a proposal to allow airline workers to form unions with the majority approval of those voting, Bloomberg news agency said, citing people familiar with the ma...

Demonstrators protest at Banker's meeting in Ill.

2010-02-24T13:41:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Demonstrators demand reform during protest at Banker's meeting in Illinois</div><div><p>Protesters, joined by civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched up Chicago's Michigan Ave. demanding banking reform.</p><p>The march Tuesday came a...

Groups call for balance in labor, immigration laws

2010-02-24T14:01:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Labor groups say tougher immigration enforcement pushed worker protections to back burner</div><div><p>Workplace immigration raids during the Bush administration interfered with ongoing labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about conditions on the job, labor groups said in a report released Tuesday.</p><p>The stepped-up immigration enforcement came at the ...

AFL-CIO head flexible on taxing high-value plans

2010-02-24T14:20:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Labor leader shows some flexibility on proposed tax on high-value health insurance plans</div><div><p>The head of the AFL-CIO says he's willing to consider a tax on high-value health insurance plans — something labor has vehemently opposed — if middle-class workers aren't hurt.</p><p>The comments by AFL-CIO president Democrats in health care struggle</div><div><p>When it comes to the health care battle, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are learning that with friends like labor unions, they barely need Alan Hughes, President of the Arkansas AFL-CIO, meets with Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. When it comes to the health care battle, Is Pete King Corp. an abusive contractor or a pillar of the regions construction industry?</p><p>The answer depends on which union you believe.</p><p>Last month the

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