- TPP Withdrawal Good First Step Toward Building Trade Policies that Benefit Working People: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement about the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) http://www.aflcio.org/press-room/press-releases/tpp-withdrawal-good-first-step-toward-building-trade-policies-that-benefit-working-people 32 comments politics
- New Poll: Trump's Support Among Union Members Is Dropping Fast http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/new-poll-trump-s-support-among-union-members-is-dropping-fast 312 comments politics
- Trump/Pence's Bad Week in Pennsylvania http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/donald-trump-and-mike-pence-s-bad-week-in-pennsylvania 10 comments politics
- AFL-CIO Votes to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President http://www.aflcio.org/press-room/press-releases/afl-cio-votes-to-endorse-hillary-clinton-for-president 23 comments politics
- 10 Facts on the Minimum Wage http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/10-facts-on-the-minimum-wage?link_id=2&can_id=6137a7bd52124421b1abb184b994c764&source=email-10-facts-on-the-minimum-wage&email_referrer=10-facts-on-the-minimum-wage&email_subject=10-facts-on-the-minimum-wage 3 comments economy
- New ITC Trade Report Shows How Dangerous TPP Is for America’s Families http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/new-itc-trade-report-shows-how-dangerous-tpp-is-for-america-s-families 23 comments politics
- CEOs Paid 335 Times Average Rank-and-File Worker; Outsourcing Results in Even Higher Inequality: the average CEO of an S&P 500 company received an annual income of $12.4 million in 2015—335 times more money than the average rank-and-file worker. http://www.aflcio.org/blog/corporate-greed/ceos-paid-335-times-average-rank-and-file-worker-outsourcing-results-in-even-higher-inequality 18 comments politics
- McConnell Blocks Health Care for 9/11 First Responders http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/mcconnell-blocks-health-care-for-9-11-first-responders 558 comments politics
- AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Announcement http://www.aflcio.org/press-room/press-releases/afl-cio-statement-on-scott-walker-announcement 7 comments politics
- New Grand Alliance Mobilizes to Save Our Public Postal Service http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/new-grand-alliance-mobilizes-to-save-our-public-postal-service 5 comments politics
- The average worker in states with right to work laws makes $5,971 less annually than workers in states without right to work laws. Median household income in states with these laws is $6,568 less than in other states ($49,220 vs. $55,788). http://www.aflcio.org/legislation-and-politics/state-legislative-battles/ongoing-state-legislative-attacks/right-to-work 11 comments politics
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Written in Secrecy, Could Cost U.S. Jobs http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/the-trans-pacific-partnership-written-in-secrecy-could-cost-u.s.-jobs 246 comments politics
- TPP Job Claims Earn 4 Pinocchios! http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/tpp-job-claims-earn-4-pinocchios 7 comments politics
- SEC Subpoenas House Republican Staff as Part of a Trading Probe http://www.aflcio.org/blog/corporate-greed/sec-subpoenas-house-republican-staff-as-part-of-a-trading-probe 4 comments politics
- Fourteen European countries ranked 1 in protection of worker's rights(Report in comments) http://www.aflcio.org/blog/global-action/u.s.-rated-alarmingly-high-in-global-survey-of-worst-places-for-workers-rights 3 comments europe
- U.S. Rated Alarmingly High in Global Survey of Worst Places for Workers’ Rights http://www.aflcio.org/blog/global-action/u.s.-rated-alarmingly-high-in-global-survey-of-worst-places-for-workers-rights 5 comments politics
- U.S. Rated Alarmingly High in Global Survey of Worst Places for Workers’ Rights http://www.aflcio.org/blog/global-action/u.s.-rated-alarmingly-high-in-global-survey-of-worst-places-for-workers-rights 32 comments worldnews
- You Need to Work at Least 67 Hours a Week to Afford Rent While Making the Minimum Wage http://www.aflcio.org/blog/economy/you-need-to-work-at-least-67-hours-a-week-to-afford-rent-while-making-the-minimum-wage 46 comments economy
- How Do We Fix the U.S. Economy? http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobs-and-economy/how-do-we-fix-the-u.s.-economy 8 comments politics
- Rand Paul’s 'Right to Work' Fantasy Busted by the Facts http://www.aflcio.org/blog/your-turn/rand-paul-s-right-to-work-fantasy-busted-by-the-facts?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 156 comments politics
- You'll Never Guess What's in the Latest Republican Ransom Note http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/you-ll-never-guess-what-s-in-the-latest-republican-ransom-note 14 comments politics
- Kochs Give Up Bid to Buy Los Angeles Times http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/kochs-give-up-bid-to-buy-los-angeles-times 3 comments politics
- Wisconsin Gov. Walker Compares Himself to FDR? 'Laughably Delusional,' says Phil Neuenfeldt http://www.aflcio.org/blog/in-the-states/wisconsin-gov.-walker-compares-himself-to-fdr-laughably-delusional-says-phil-neuenfeldt 22 comments politics
- 80% of Low-Wage Workers Lack Even One Paid Sick Day a Year http://www.aflcio.org/blog/organizing-bargaining/80-of-low-wage-workers-lack-even-one-paid-sick-day-a-year 19 comments politics
- Republicans Hide Attack on Overtime Pay Behind ‘Flexibility’ Mask http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/republicans-hide-attack-on-overtime-pay-behind-flexibility-mask 255 comments politics
- Republican Demand for Poverty Wages Stalls Immigration Bill Negotiations http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/republican-demand-for-poverty-wages-stalls-immigration-bill-negotiations 5 comments politics
- New NELP Study Shows that ALEC Is Engaged in Widespread Campaign to Suppress Wages http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/new-nelp-study-shows-that-alec-is-engaged-in-widespread-campaign-to-suppress-wages 3 comments politics
- While Hostess was descending into bankruptcy and demanding deep concessions from workers, the top 10 executives of the company were rewarding themselves with lavish compensation increases, with the then CEO receiving a 300 percent increase http://www.aflcio.org/blog/corporate-greed/bctgm-president-frank-hurt-hostess-demise-a-decade-in-the-making 115 comments politics
- Man, if only there were some sort of pro-worker organization that could protect employees from the whims of an abusive owner... http://www.aflcio.org/ 89 comments politics
- California Working Families Beat Koch-Backed Prop. 32 http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/california-working-families-beat-koch-backed-prop.-32 19 comments politics
- Romney Paid Only Half a Percent More in Taxes Than the Poorest People in the U.S. http://www.aflcio.org/blog/political-action-legislation/romney-paid-only-half-a-percent-more-in-taxes-than-the-poorest-people-in-the-u.s 146 comments politics
- 10 Facts About the Minimum Wage http://www.aflcio.org/blog/economy/10-facts-about-the-minimum-wage 13 comments politics
- Ever play the game Mancala? I'm curious as to some of the math involved, but haven't been able to find a source to answer the problem I came up with. http://www.aflcio.org/Mancala 4 comments math
- Union members: call your union reps and leaders and demand that the AFL-CIO drops support for SOPA. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/unions/ 42 comments politics
- Dear CEOs what is it about your job that is 343 times harder / more valuable to society than my job? http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceopay.cfm 6 comments reddit.com
- TIL the CEO of Yahoo makes 1,422 times as much as the median worker. http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm?tkr=yhoo&pg=1 3 comments reddit.com
- CEO pay: BofA, Thomas Montag: $29,930,431. JPMorgan Chase, James Dimon: $15,518,794. Citigroup, John Havens: $11,276,454. Morgan Stanley, Walid Chammah: $10,021,969. Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein: $9,862,657. Wells Fargo, John Stumpf: $21,340,547. AIG, Robert H. Benmosche: $2,706,530. http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ 93 comments reddit.com
- A Database of CEO Pay - Maybe it's the CEO, not the union that drives cost up? http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm 24 comments business
- Can we have a debate on Privatizing Social Security now? Because anyone who supports it needs to realize Wall St will be running the show. Want that now? http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/mccain_retirement.cfm 248 comments business
- I have to work 169 years to equal the compensation my CEO got last year. How about you? http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm 71 comments reddit.com