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AFL-CIO leaders and officials addressed union representatives during a rally for Sen. Obama. Topics included labor issues and Sen. Obama’s positions on them. AFL-CIO Turn Around America R…

Labor leaders held a rally on the National Mall calling for workers rights, increases in the federal minimum wage, health care benefits, and fair labor standards.

Participants talked to reporters about a voter drive, the use of technology to engage voters, turning out Hispanic voters, and establishing a progressive grassroots movement. Following their…

AFL-CIO President, John Sweeney, and other Labor leaders spoke about the results of the 2002 midterm elections. They talked about labor’s impact on the elections and what the result could me…

The AFL-CIO held a rally in support of a ballot recount in the Florida election for president.

The AFL-CIO held a meeting discussing the post election results.

Union leaders and others urged Congress not to enact legislation granting China permanent normal trade relations, saying that such a status would take American jobs, do nothing to curb human…

Activists and union leaders met before a march to protest the World Trade Organization. They said that the protest was designed to peacefully interrupt the conference in order to protest unf…

Union leaders and pollsters discussed the results of the midterm election. They noted that union members voted in order to protest impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, to prote…

Panel members talked about the results of the California vote on Proposition 226, which would have required Unions to get member’s permission to use union funds.

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…

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…

Delegates from 78 unions met to discuss the status of the labor movement. They discussed various items, including whether to create a $35 million fund to educator workers about campaign issu…

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…