The elections this year come down to a choice between leaders who will stand with working people or those whose right-wing agenda will choke off economic recovery and put corporations back in the driver’s seat. With that said, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka outlined plans for an aggressive and massive mobilization of working people this Labor Day weekend and for the fall election. During a press conference this morning at the AFL-CIO, Trumka also announced the federation will run TV and radio ads Labor Day weekend in key markets around Major League Baseball games, NASCAR, and college football games. Click headline to read more>>

Milwaukee AFT Local 2169 member Ashleigh Lund says she hopes that President Obama’s Labor Day appearance with AFL-CIO President AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at the annual Laborfest "can spur people to get to the voting booths in support of worker friendly candidates this November…I am excited because this shows me that the rights of workers are still important to Obama." Click on the headline to read more>>

IN AFLCIO Endorsed Candidates for 2010.

How badly do we need our elected leaders to come off their extended vacations and get to work stimulating the economy and creating real jobs? Take a look at two items in the news. First, bankruptcy filings nationwide reached their highest level in five years between April and June, up 11 percent from the same period in 2009. For the fiscal year that ended June 30, consumer bankruptcies jumped 21 percent, to 1.51 million, from the previous year.Click the headline to read more>>

Trade unionists from across Indiana are participating in the Indiana AFL-CIO's Labor 2010 Boot Camps, honing their skills as activists for the future of their movement.  Boot Camp sesssions have taken place in Lakeville (6/18) and Indianapolis (6/19) and an additional one will take place in Evansville (6/25). 

Hoosier Workers Join Observance of Workers Memorial Day: Call for “Good Jobs, Safe Jobs” 

Hoosier workers and the families of those lost at work will stop this week to mourn workers lost as a result of their work during 2009 and to rededicate themselves to the fight for good, safe jobs.  Ceremonies are planned throughout Indiana to honor the 91 workers identified as killed on the job in Indiana last year and to remember the many workers not counted in the official statistics.  Workers call upon elected officials to enact the Protecting America's Workers Act, which would strengthen our nation's outdated worker protection regime.