Monthly Archives: July 2010

The AFL-CIO on Monday began distributing more than 300,000 political fliers to members at 164 worksites in 23 states.

Liberal and labor groups, which have backed Democratic measures such as health care and financial regulatory reform, are endeavoring to prevent big Republican gains they fear could threaten their favored initiatives.

One of the interesting things about the Obama administration is the strange dominance of labor unions.

Democrats insist that any lame-duck legislative session would be, well, pretty lame — a forced march focused on continuing resolutions and other minor agenda items.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he would support an altered version of the Bush administration’s proposed free-trade agreement with South Korea, but only if the pact reduces nontariff barriers in Korea.

While the Obama Administration takes its victory lap with the Democrats over the job-killing Financial Reform bill they just passed, a host of other initiatives that would give special favors to Unions are waiting in the wings.

Union officials are working in concert with their allies in the Obama Administration to implement an electronic version of “card check”..