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The National Economic Association and the AFL-CIO co-host an economic conference covering a range of issues concerning minority populations, including jobs, wages and student loan debt.…

Elizabeth Shuler talked about an AFL-CIO initiative to address issues facing women in low-wage jobs.

Claire Shipman and Katty Kay moderated a panel discussion on the case for businesses to enact more family-friendly policies. “A 21st Century Economy that Works for Business ” was the second…

The AFL-CIO and King Center hosted a symposium focusing on jobs, social justice and Martin Luther King vision of the American dream. This portion of the event involved a panel discussion on…

At the AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Day event, Richard Trumka outlined a plan for increasing employment and he labor group’s plans to influence the political process. In his remarks he said that…

Democratic National Committee and Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz spoke at the NetRoots Convention. She called on attendees to use all available methods to get President Obama…

Attendees of the 6th Annual Netroots Nation Convention convened to celebrate the use of the internet and social media in the modern progressive movement. DNC Chair and Congresswoman Debbie…

Richard Trumka and others spoke to reporters and answered questions at the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day briefing. They talked about the labor movement’s political strategy for the upcoming…

Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, in association with Dissent, The Nation, and The American Prospect, hosted a forum about national politics, progressives…