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16 Sep 2013, 8:18 am by Joel S. Barras
 The AFL-CIO recently passed a resolution permitting anyone in the country to join its organization, regardless of union affiliation. [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 1:30 am by Jon Gelman
Perea's proposal, which was opposed by the NFL Players' Assn. and the AFL-CIO, would close a provision in California law that allowed players from out of state to file workers' compensation claims for so-called cumulative trauma, including head injuries that manifested themselves years after their careers had ended. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 1:10 pm
Friday's meeting comes after the AFL-CIO approved a resolution this week saying the law could drive up the cost of union-sponsored health plans, encouraging some employers to drop coverage. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 3:39 pm by Immigration Prof
In what could be a major development for worker rights, the AFL-CIO has announced a new plan to enlist tens of millions of non-union workers, including immigrants and low-wage workers who have traditionally not been part of its federation. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 8:33 am
Although the ObamaTax was heavily promoted by various unions, it appears that buyer's remorse is inexorably setting in:"The AFL-CIO on Wednesday approved a resolution critical of parts of [the ObamaTax] ... [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 4:12 pm by Pamela Wolf
The federation says it will develop new pathways, either through affiliate unions, AFL-CIO’s community affiliate Working America, worker centers, or through students. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 6:44 am by Joy Waltemath
The federation says it will develop new pathways, either through affiliate unions, AFL-CIO’s community affiliate Working America, worker centers, or through students. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 1:44 pm
Heh.Fast forward a few months, and we learn that this anger and frustration has brought forth this result:"[T]he 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one of the nation's largest private sector unions. [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 6:02 am by Kit Case
The image comes from a mosaic in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building in Washington, D.C. [read post]
24 Aug 2013, 2:28 am by Jon Gelman
Read more about "silica" and workers' compensation: An Emerging Health Consequence of Fracking: Silica Exposure Apr 02, 2013 "Peg Seminario, director of safety and health with the AFL-CIO, a group of unions that has been pushing for stronger silica regulation, says the situation with fracking is a wake-up call. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 6:02 am by Kit Case
Today’s post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from tv.msnbc.com  (Photo by David Kohl/AP) President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati Sept. 7, 2009. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 3:20 pm by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from tv.msnbc.comPresident Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati Sept. 7, 2009. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 11:41 am by David Stephanides
A former associate general counsel to the AFL-CIO from 2000 to 2012. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 12:10 pm by Epstein Becker Green
Following is an excerpt: On July 30th the Senate confirmed career union lawyer Kent Hirozawa (D) and retired AFL-CIO Associate General Counsel Nancy Schiffer (D) as well as seasoned management labor lawyers Philip Miscimarra (R) and Harry Johnson (R) to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 5:47 am by Epstein Becker Green
Before working directly for the AFL-CIO, Schiffer spent almost twenty years as counsel for the United Auto Workers. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 5:46 am by Steven M. Swirsky
  Before working directly for the AFL-CIO, Schiffer spent almost twenty years as counsel for the United Auto Workers. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 7:53 am by Joy Waltemath
In what the AFL-CIO is calling the “biggest strike yet in the growing fast-food/low-wage workers’ actions demanding a voice,” the union reported that thousands of workers who make minimum wage or just a little more walked off their jobs in cities across the nation on Monday, July 29, including in Chicago; Detroit; Flint, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee, New York City; and St. [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 10:14 am by Tammy Binford
Hirozawa is chief counsel to NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce, and Schiffer is a former associate general counsel at the AFL-CIO. [read post]