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Working America canvassers go door to door talking with working families about the issues that interest, concern and affect us. Find out what they're hearing, visit Word on the Street, the new Working America blog. This year, Working America is also sponsoring the Ask a Working Woman Survey. Click here to take the survey. |
It was Christmas in May for five Chaska families last weekend--and for the first time ever union volunteers played a major role in the annual Spring-time spruce up. 17 volunteers, many from the Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council, built an access ramp at the home of a disabled WWII veteran, and painted, caulked, reglazed and did yard work at four other residences. Gayle McMahon, political director for the South Suburban Labor Council helped organize the event and worked with Jenny Leabo, marketing and public relations director for the Building Trades Council, to recruit volunteers. |
On May 1, a day when many countries of the world honor workers, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a resolution aimed at strengthening workers ability to form unions. Read More... |
The old Labor Plaza at the Minnesota State Fair is making way for a new Pavilion that will be built to meet green construction standards. To underscore the Pavilion’s green design, work began on Earth Day. Read More... |
It’s time to help Minnesota Letter carriers “Stamp out Hunger”. Put grocery bags with non-perishable foods out next to your mail box on Saturday, May 10 and your letter carrier will pick it up as part of the annual NALC food drive. Read more... |
The AFL-CIO is unveiling McCain Revealed, a campaign to tell the real story about Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the Republican nominee for president. McCain has built a media-friendly reputation as a “maverick” and moderate. But there’s nothing moderate about McCain, a loyal ally of Bush who has consistently and perniciously voted against the interests of working families in his decades-long career in Washington. |
Millions of American families are losing their homes through foreclosures—and the financial turmoil set off by the collapse of the mortgage market could total nearly $1 trillion, according to the International Monetary Fund. Meanwhile, CEOs of companies at the center of the crisis are walking away with big pay. According to the AFL-CIO 2008 Executive PayWatch recently released, read more... |
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