Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/52/)
Calling her "the Democrat with the strength and experience who will always stand up for working Americans," AFSCME, the largest union in the AFL-CIO, endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Wednesday for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Minnesota unions hope to build on their success in electing pro-worker candidates in 2006 with even more victories in 2008, participants in the Minnesota AFL-CIO political conference said.
The AFL-CIO, not counting its member unions, will spend a record $53 million on political education, registration, information and get-out-the-vote drives in the 2007-2008 election cycle.
Some 70 percent of voters say the American Dream of good jobs, a secure retirement, access to quality health care and a better future for their kids, is failing, a new poll shows, and an even stronger majority believe unions can play a role in restoring it.
In rousing pro-worker speeches to a packed hall of 1,000 unionists, two of the top three Democratic presidential hopefuls–Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.)–promised to walk with union picket lines even after they are elected to the White House.
River Valley Action will hold a public forum on "How Do We Pay? A Public Dialogue on Taxes" Tuesday in Stillwater.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO is sponsoring a Labor 2008 Political Conference Oct. 4 and 5 in Bloomington. Deadline for registration is Sept. 20.
With the presidential primary campaign heating up in earnest, the Steel Workers and the Mine Workers chose its traditional start, Labor Day, to back former Sen. John Edwards for the Democratic nomination.
Most Americans have gone nearly five years without seeing a real wage increase – and the prospects for improvement are not good, according to the 2007 "State of Working America" report.
The United Transportation Union has become the first union to issue a presidential endorsement, backing Sen. Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, the International Association of Fire Fighters announced it would make an endorsement Wednesday.