Michigan Governor Proclaims: "THIS IS NOT WISCONSIN" March 2, 2011 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder reaffirmed Tuesday that he'll work with unions to solve Michigan's financial problems, but did not back down from a budget plan critics say is too business-friendly....

I was "raised union." My mother, who immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua, worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory after the birth of my younger twin sisters. She was a member of the United Rubber Workers, which later merged with the...

Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: Many Building Trades Counciils from around the nation have been contacting the BCTD to express their support for the workers in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and several other states who are being subjected to an all-out attack...

Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: On the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of the construction of its first North American manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky, Toyota Motor Corporation issued a proclamation of praise for both America's...

Valerie Jarrett on MSNBC 2/22/11 ANCHOR: To the west of where you are in Cleveland, in the Ohio state capital of Columbus, there are apparently protesters gathering to show their solidarity with the protesters in Wisconsin in fighting back against measures that would...