NAFTA 2.0 Is Just Another Gift to the 1 Percent

Leo Gerard / Independent Media Institute Jun 18, 2019 Like the trade deal before it, the Trump administration's newest pact disproportionately benefits the uber rich who negotiated its terms. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Progressives Demand Democrats Stonewall on All Senate Bills

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 8, 2019 Amid a government shutdown, organizations such as Indivisible call on elected officials to force the hand of Donald Trump and the GOP. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Lashes Out at Union Leader on Labor Day

The Associated Press Sep 3, 2018 The president blasts AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka while erroneously touting the country's unemployment rate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Right-to-Work’ Battle Lines Drawn in Key Missouri Vote

DAVID A. LIEB / The Associated Press Aug 4, 2018 Labor's clout is being put to a critical test in Tuesday's referendum over whether the state should ban compulsory union fees in all private-sector workplaces. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Window Into How the NRA Uses its Influence

RICHARD LARDNER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2018 What the National Rifle Association donates to candidates is small in comparison with the sums it spends on potent get-out-the-vote operations and ad campaigns. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Overtime Issue Will Be Early Test of Trump’s Pledge to Help Workers

By Justin Elliott / ProPublica Jan 15, 2017 A rule that could secure overtime pay for 4 million workers is in limbo, and the president-elect will help decide whether it survives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren: Democracy Demands That We Work Together on America’s Agenda

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Nov 12, 2016 The Massachusetts senator is ready to help President-elect Trump rebuild the U.S. economy. But if Republicans attempt to remove Wall Street regulations or gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, she will fight them. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Armed with Policy Solutions and Populist Rage, Campaign Vows to ‘Take on Wall Street’

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams May 24, 2016 "We are going to make this an issue in congressional races. No one will be able to run from this." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 3, 2013 Their agreement is very preliminary and hasn’t yet even been blessed by the so-called Gang of Eight senators working on immigration reform, but the mere fact that AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue agreed on anything is remarkable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

An Interview With AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 Trumka recently spoke with The National Memo about the sequester's automatic budget cuts, the danger of cuts to Social Security, the Keystone XL pipeline, immigration reform, President Obama and how to defend labor in an era of attacks on the right to organize. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Nader, Protesters Seek Minimum Wage Increase

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 The group, which targeted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO headquarters Tuesday, wants to see the minimum wage raised from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.50. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Corporate Rule Has ‘Infected’ AFL-CIO Leadership, Labor Activist Contends

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Feb 6, 2013 Under its current president, the organization has failed to address the mounting threat against labor in the United States from the loss of bargaining rights to the refusal to adjust minimum wage standards to the push against implementing the "card check" union organizing system, Harry Kelber says. The organization has failed to address the mounting threat against labor in the United States, Harry Kelber says. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )