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09/07/2010 - 10:28am

"Labor Day is about the American quality of life, the American Dream if you will. Labor Day is about working people. And working people can’t have a good quality of life and can’t attain the American Dream without one thing: JOBS."

Click the headline above to read President Haynes' full speech as prepared for delivery at the annual Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast, and for a link to a video of the speech.


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08/23/2010 - 5:24pm

After votes by the Executive Council's Committee on Political Education (C.O.P.E.) on Thursday August 19, 2010, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO has announced its first round of endorsements in races for state and federal level offices. Click the headline to see which candidates have gained the endorsement of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO.

 

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 Inteview with Bob Haynes on Labor Day with Joe Castiglione and Dave O'Brien from the Red Sox Radio Network


Remembering Senator Kennedy



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The first stop for Governor Deval Patrick and Interim United States Senator Paul Kirk after introducing Senator Kirk was the Massachusetts AFL-CIO 52nd Annual Constitutional Convention.


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Get to know Richard L. Trumka in this new video bio from the AFL-CIO.

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08/16/2010 - 8:42am

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB)  held a hearing this week on a formal complaint it had issued against Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in July, citing the organization for bargaining in bad faith and depriving nurses of their union rights following CHA’s decision to prematurely cease negotiations, declare impasse and unilaterally slash nurses’ retiree health benefit.


06/17/2010 - 11:41am

On Wednesday June 16, AM 1510 Revolution Boston hosted a rally for Green Jobs at the Gardner Auditorium at the State House, which was broadcast live to a listening audience. Click the headline above to read more about the event.

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08/23/2010 - 3:47pm

We are welcoming nominations for the 2010 Cushing-Gavin Awards. Nominations should be accompanied by as much detail as possible about the candidate's career.

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SOS - Share Organizing Successes! Whenever your union has been involved in a successful organizing campaign, please send us some information so that we can your stories of success with brothers and sisters across Massachusetts.

Labor in the Community

Read this great letter from one of our 2006 scholarship winners.

If you or your union are involved in charitable work or other contributions to the community at-large, please send us some information so we can help you recruit support and spread the word about the many good works done by the labor movement in the area.

Labor News

Last updated 08/17/2010 - 9:16am
08/17/2010 - 9:16am

"...This editorial is premised on the same myth that gets trotted out every time - that project labor agreements exclude non-union contractors (“Challenging labor,” Aug. 11). Simply not true. PLAs set wages, work rules and methods for settling grievances on large construction projects..."

 


07/14/2010 - 8:56am

Leading Massachusetts industries will need nearly 400,000 workers over the next six years to fill new and existing jobs for workers with mid-level skills, a study concludes.


07/09/2010 - 11:30am

Hundreds of warehouse workers at Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. who walked off their jobs about four months ago reached a deal yesterday with the supermarket chain over pay and health benefits.


07/09/2010 - 11:24am

Workers at Shaw’s Supermarkets’ Methuen distribution center ended an 18-week strike late yesterday afternoon when they accepted a new four-year contract with the chain.


06/10/2010 - 9:18am

The Boston City Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new labor contract for firefighters, the final step in a compromise that the city estimates will save $45 million over the next two decades.

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Employee Free Choice Act -- AFL-CIO

After more than five hours of historic debate, the House of Representatives passed the most important labor law reform legislation in 70 years.

By a margin of 241 to 185, the House passed H.R. 800, which would level the playing field when workers seek to form a union and bargain. Thirteen Republicans joined 228 Democrats in voting for the bill. Two Democrats and 183 Republicans voted against the bill.


Watch a video of Congressman Stephen Lynch, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Sen. John Kerry do a card check for Verizon business techs.

 

 

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