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April
10, 2006
Here
are some of the latest headlines from AFL-CIO
Now, the
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people and unions. Be sure to check the blog
every day for new stories!
$6.5
Million Retirement? That’s Not Enough for
Some CEOs. They Want to Kill Your Retirement
Security, Too
The AFL-CIO’s new
Executive PayWatch release shows how CEOs
undermine working families’ retirement
security while taking good care of their own
nest eggs.
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the full story....
Wal-Mart
Uses Its Might to Block Port Security
Wal-Mart and its industry
lobbyist are working to defeat or weaken rul
es to make America’s seaports safe from
terrorist attacks, according to a new
AFL-CIO report.
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the full story....
Two
More Mine Deaths. Congress on Vacation
Without Boosting Mine Safety
Mine death toll climbs,
but Congress stalls safety bills.
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the full story....
Joke’s
on the Middle Class. It Isn't Funny
Ongoing U.S. job cuts
represent a fatal blow to America’s middle
class.
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the full story....
More
Republican Support for Workers’ Freedom to
Form Unions
The latest lawmaker to
co-sponsor the Employee Free Choice Act
pushes the bill closer to passage.
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the full story....
Report
from the Field: AFL-CIO Organizing Director
on SLAP Week
Stewart Acuff’s
first-hand account of Student Labor Action
Project events reveals the strength of
student-labor coalitions as powerful forces
for economic justice.
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the full story....
Building
Trades Call for Wage Protection in
Immigration Reform
Meeting in Washington, D.C.,
2,000 building trades workers pressed
Congress to protect wages for U.S.-born and
immigrant workers in the trades.
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the full story....
The
Rich Get Waaaay Richer
Surprise! Bush’s tax
breaks help millionaires a whole lot more
than they help us.
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the full story....
The
World’s American Dream
Until global economies
sustain families, people will keep trying to
get into the United States, until they
succeed—or ere killed.
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the full story....
Live,
from New Delhi: Former U.S. Media Jobs
The next U.S. jobs set to
be shipped overseas target media
professionals .
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the full story....
Lots
to Say
Your comments on the
internal problems at the Mine Safety and
Health Administration, labor websites and
more.
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the full story....
Massachusetts
Following Gingrich’s Health Care Playbook
The new state plan further
shifts the burden of health care costs onto
workers.
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the full story....
Catching
a Plane? Read This
Take a minute to help
members of the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association and ensure
sufficient staffing for the nation’s
airports.
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the full story....
Martin
Luther King Jr. Died Fighting for the Right
to Form a Union
Two eyewitnesses to
workers’ struggles talk about the
situations black workers faced then—and
now.
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the full story....
‘Devil’s
Miner’: Real-Life Tragedy of Child Labor
New documentary highlights
Bolivia’s child miners who risk their
lives to support their families.
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the full story....
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