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After opening remarks by several participants, policy makers and energy industry leaders spoke about building a modern electricity grid and reducing reliance on foreign oil. Among the topics…

Vice President Gore and labor officials spoke at an annual Labor Day rally. Among the issues they addressed were creating a living wage, improving health care for seniors and children, provi…

On Earth Day, politicians, celebrities and activists held a rally on the Mall to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Vice President Gore thanked members of the AFL-CIO for their endorsement for the 2000 presidential campaign. He focused on the importance of labor unions and related stories of Americans who…

Vice President Al Gore and economic experts discussed the impact of climate policy on the U.S. economy. They examined the economic incentives to reduce carbon emissions and the methods for i…

Vice President Gore addressed a union rally on organizing, which was an event prior to the opening of the AFL-CIO’s biennial convention. Mr. Sweeney and Mr. McEntee introduced the vice presi…

Friends and colleagues paid tribute to the outgoing Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich. They talked about his efforts to reform the department, his concern for his employees and all U.S. worke…

More than 800 Democratic delegates from various labor unions gathered at a pre-convention caucus meeting to hear about their agenda for the Democratic Convention. In his remarks, Vice Presid…

Vice President Gore spoke to an AFL-CIO special convention. He strongly criticized Republican Congress for being anti-labor on several issues, including the minimum wage and taxes. He also o…

The tenth panel of the first meeting of President Bill Clinton’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform convened at George Washington University in Washington D.C. The task force heard te…

Economists and business leaders continued to discuss initiatives for improving the U.S. economy, concentrating on the deficit reduction, new technologies, and economic growth, in the second …