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President Obama spoke at the Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. President Obama announced a new executive order requiring federal contractors to…

To mark the June 27, 2013, one-year anniversary of the Senate passing immigration reform, the AFL-CIO hosted a forum on the economic and humanitarian impact of inaction on the issue in the H…

Participants talked about immigrant labor in the U.S. Among the issues they discussed were conditions in the immigrant workforce following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, worker exploi…

Officials talked about a report that studied young workers' attitudes towards employment, a changing economy, and the future. They stated that young workers have “hopeful attitudes” towards …

Secretary Alexis Herman spoke to the biennial AFL-CIO convention. She stressed the importance of concerted action by the labor movement to insure that workers share more broadly in economic …

Speakers at this AFL-CIO conference talked about issues that affect working women such as globalization, proposed legislation to expand NAFTA, and abuses in the garment industry. The speaker…

John Sweeney, AFL-CIO President, announced a public relations campaign launched by the AFL-CIO aimed at enhancing the image of unions and membership increase. The campaign will feature telev…

In one of a series of town hall meetings held around the U.S. by the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka talked about the economic security of families. He and other speakers called for raises for Ameri…

President Bill Clinton and others talked about issues important to the labor movement at an annual Labor Day picnic in Oakland, CA. In his remarks the President talked about the challenges f…

Mr. Georgine spoke about the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and its policies and goals. Mr. Kirkland spoke to conferees about labor issues and presidential politi…

Representative Dick Gephardt (D-MO), House Majority Leader, addressed an AFL-CIO sponsored forum entitled, “Software and Hardhats: Technology and American Workers in the 20th Century.” He cr…

Mr. Kourpias spoke about issues relating to retirement for organized labor in a community services conference sponsored by the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC. He spoke on legislation introduced b…

Speaker Jim Wright appears at the conference on the day the ethics committee charges against him were released.

the Public Employee Department of hte AFL-CIO held a panel on “After the Fall: New Government and New Priorities” that discussed job policies for the 1990s.

The AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department held their National Legislative Conference.