- How Republicans Crippled the United States Postal Service. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/14/how-republicans-crippled-the-united-states-postal-service/ 11 comments politics
- Romney: Out of Touch with Mainstream America. Working Americans, whose median annual income is $49,445, would have to work more than seven years to make what Romeny said he raked in via speaker’s fees alone in one year. But 1 percenter Romney sees that sum as chump change. http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/18/romney-out-of-touch-with-mainstream-america/ 10 comments politics
- House Republicans Pass Bill to Cut Workers’ Rights. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/11/30/house-republicans-pass-bill-to-cut-workers-rights/ 19 comments politics
- Apple Computer Hoards 54 Billion In Cash, Makes Products in Abusive Conditions in China http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/11/02/apple-computer-hoards-cash-makes-products-in-abusive-conditions/ 420 comments politics
- Tax Cuts for Rich Cost $11.6 Million Every HOUR http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/10/17/tax-cuts-for-rich-cost-11-6-million-every-hour/ 8 comments politics
- If you are unemployed, you need not apply, we only want applications from those who are working: Only in the USA http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/08/22/help-fight-discrimination-against-the-unemployed/ 3 comments economy
- Republican FAA Shutdown Costs 4,000 Jobs, Threatens 90,000 http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/07/25/republican-faa-shutdown-costs-4000-jobs-threatens-90000/ 3 comments politics
- House Republican transportation bill kills half a million jobs http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/07/07/house-republican-transportation-bill-kills-half-a-million-jobs/ 6 comments business
- If every American spent $64 a year more on American-made products, we’d create 200,000 new jobs. Talk about a stimulus plan. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/07/04/made-in-america-made-for-the-world/ 556 comments politics
- 8 Signs Your Governor Has a Koch Problem http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/06/27/8-signs-your-governor-has-a-koch-problem/ 3 comments politics
- Republicans Aiming to Take Away Voting Rights in 36 States http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/05/23/republicans-aiming-to-take-away-voting-rights-in-36-states/ 9 comments politics
- Voters reject tea party candidate in New Hampshire special election http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/05/18/voters-reject-extremist-in-new-hampshire-special-election/ 14 comments politics
- German workers rally in solidarity with Wisconsin public employees. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/11/german-workers-rally-in-solidarity-with-wisconsin-public-employees/ 5 comments politics
- Wis. Republicans Flee Public Meeting Filled with Supporters of Public Employees http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/08/wis-republicans-flee-public-meeting-filled-with-supporters-of-public-employees/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Something I wonder: What do Tea Partiers have against working people? http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/07/on-april-4-stand-in-solidarity-with-working-people/ 51 comments politics
- Maddow: Half of Wisconsin Voters Want to Recall Walker http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/02/maddow-half-of-voters-want-to-recall-walker/ 5 comments politics
- Ohio -- a state that's being brutalized by the failure of conservative economics -- just passed a version the same anti-worker bill that's being proposed in Wisconsin. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/03/02/breaking-news-ohio-senate-committee-approves-sb5/ 6 comments politics
- Wisconsin: Walker, Senate GOP Having Windows to Capitol Welded Shut to Stop Food From Getting In http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/28/walker-welding-capitol-windows-now-to-keep-workers-from-passing-food-to-those-inside/ 13 comments politics
- Tom Morello(of Rage Against the Machine fame) Headlines Concert for Wisconsin Workers Tonight http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/21/tom-morello-headlines-concert-for-wisconsin-workers-tonight/ 3 comments politics
- Dirty Tea Party Secrets Revealed http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/11/dirty-tea-party-secrets-revealed/ 3 comments politics
- What do 160 countries give their workers, but not America? "More than 44 million private-sector workers in the United States - 42 percent of the private-sector workforce - don’t have paid sick days they can use to recover from a common illness like the flu... http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/01/08/lack-of-paid-sick-leave-is-family-and-public-health-concern/ 38 comments politics
- By 2014, the new health care reform law will mean thousands of dollars in health insurance premium savings and out-of-pocket health care costs for working families and small businesses http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/01/report-shows-health-care-law-means-big-savings-for-families/ 5 comments politics
- The Republican jobs plan? A massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to wealthy Americans and corporations and a wholesale dismantling of the social programs that all Americans rely on. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/01/20/ryans-budget-plan-millionaire-gain-middle-class-pain/ 8 comments politics
- In the spirit of Rand Paul calling to repeal the Civil Rights Act, Tea Party-backed GOP Senator says federal laws against child labor are unconstitutional. Expect a storm of similar claims from this newly Tea Party-saturated Congress. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/01/14/senator-claims-u-s-child-labor-laws-unconstitutional/ 9 comments politics
- Republicans Take Cue from Pinocchio on Health Care Reform http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/12/30/republicans-take-cue-from-pinocchio-on-health-care-reform/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Boehner Calls Middle-Class Tax Cuts "Chicken Crap"-- Jobless Help Still Hostage http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/12/02/boehner-calls-middle-class-tax-cuts-chicken-crap-jobless-help-still-hostage/ 4 comments politics
- Federal Reserve Should Bail Out Main Street, Not Wall Street http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/11/05/federal-reserve-should-bail-out-main-street-not-wall-street/ 8 comments economy
- Work Till 70? Yes, if Boehner and Republicans Have Their Way http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/10/26/work-till-70-yes-if-boehner-and-republicans-have-their-way/ 15 comments politics
- Rebuilding U.S. Transportation Could Create 3.7 Million Jobs http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/10/20/rebuilding-u-s-transportation-could-create-3-7-million-jobs/ 11 comments business
- I'm all in favor of paycheck fairness, but this graph is comically misleading. http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/09/21/call-senate-now-for-paycheck-fairness/ 21 comments politics
- Cost of Bush tax cuts for 2007 equaled the total deficit in 2007 http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tax_cuts_chart_wp.jpg 21 comments politics
- Lack of Jobs, Not ‘Generous’ UI Benefits, Keep Unemployed Jobless http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/07/13/lack-of-jobs-not-generous-ui-benefits-keep-unemployed-jobless/ 6 comments economy
- Rand Paul: Opposes All Workers' Rights http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/07/09/rand-paul-opposes-all-workers-rights/ 9 comments politics
- Bailed-out CEOs Pocket Millions, Lay off Hundreds of Thousands http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/09/02/bailed-out-ceos-pocket-millions-lay-off-hundreds-of-thousands/ 6 comments economy
- Young Workers: A Lost Decade. If you are under 35 Bush really screwed you. http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/09/01/young-workers-a-lost-decade/ 49 comments politics
- The Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union endorsed Obama in January http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/10/plumbers-and-pipe-fitters-union-endorses-obama/ 2 comments reddit.com
- McCain's Health Plan: Raises Taxes, Cuts Coverage http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/29/mccains-health-care-plan-increases-taxes-decreases-coverage/ 5 comments politics
- Guess which candidate owns 43% of Burger King, makes farm workers toil under slave-like conditions http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/02/01/romneys-firm-refuses-to-protect-farm-workers-from-sweatshop-conditions/ 112 comments politics
- Union membership on the rise http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/25/union-membership-on-the-rise 5 comments politics
- Walmart telling voters who to vote for. http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/08/16/wal-mart-won%E2%80%99t-pay-workers-well-but-now-tells-them-how-to-vote/ 32 comments reddit.com