AFL-CIO Stages Protest Outside Heritage for Higher Minimum Wage
About 30 protesters, chanting “You can’t survive on $7.25” and “Poverty wages have got to go,” marched today in support of a higher minimum wage… Read More
Salazar Joins Other Democrats in Supporting Keystone
Add Ken Salazar to the list of environmentally concerned and Administration-connected Democrats who support building the Keystone XL pipeline. The former Secretary of the Interior… Read More
Big Labor Makes Big Spending Demands on President Obama
The Big Labor full-court press is in full swing ahead of President Barack Obama’s speech next week in which he will roll-out a new jobs plan…. Read More
Union Boss Trumka: Spend More, Mr. President
Some people will never be satisfied. Case in point: AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, who today lambasted President Barack Obama for not doing enough to create… Read More
Trumka Talks Tough, But Will Obama Listen?
Labor union leaders made a trip to the White House yesterday to hear President Obama’s latest pitch for health care legislation. But judging from remarks… Read More
For Obama, Some Unions Are More Equal Than Others
The Service Employees International Union takes the top prize as President Obama’s favorite labor union. President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger have visited the… Read More
