August 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following transcript on its website on August 6.) CHICAGO — The nine candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination all shared a stage Tuesday, August 5 at a forum in Chicago sponsored by the AFL-CIO. The...
August 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following story by Dan Balz on its website on August 6.) CHICAGO — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) continued his battle with the Democrats’ liberal base tonight, telling an audience of union workers that foreign trade is...
August 5, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Leigh Stope was distributed by the Associated Press on August 4.) CHICAGO — Former President Clinton rallied the ground troops of the Democratic Party — organized labor — with a pep talk to union leaders gathered Monday to...
August 5, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article by T. Shawn Taylor on its website on August 4.) CHICAGO — Saying working families can’t afford four more years of George W. Bush, organized labor is mapping out what it says will be the largest voter drive...
August 5, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Leigh Strope on August 5.) CHICAGO — Unions’ share of the work force has declined every year for the past 20 years, yet the power of organized labor at the polling place continues to grow. Mindful...
August 4, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Dan Balz and Thomas B. Edsall appeared in the Washington Post on August 4.) WASHINGTON — As the leaders of the AFL-CIO gather in Chicago this week for critical meetings about the 2004 election, Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) has...
July 16, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press issued the following news release on July 15.) DETROIT — National contract talks between the United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers are expected to begin Wednesday with handshakes and smiling poses, but pressure on domestic profits and...
July 10, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following statement by John Sweeney on July 9.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration’s attack on overtime pay for millions of American workers has alarmed lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. We applaud Congressmen Peter King...
July 8, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following story on July 8.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Unemployed union steamfitters, electricians and plumbers are protesting Georgia-Pacific’s decision to hire a nonunion contractor with out-of-state workers to expand its...
July 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Los Angeles Times published the following story by Justin Gest on July 1.) LOS ANGELES — Organized labor orchestrated a protest on the Labor Department’s front lawn Monday in a last-ditch attempt to block a proposed rule that, according to union...
