Call your Senators! Ask them to support the creation of 13,000 construction jobs! Ask them to sign the letter supporting the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline! March 9, 2011 Brothers and Sisters, As you know, General President Hite has made constructing the TransCanada...

STATE BATTLES NEWS CLIPS - Thursday, March 10, 2011   REPORTER: Pennsylvania's AFL-CIO leaders agree, and are condemning the plan, In a statement, Secretary Treasurer Frank Snyder says quote "These kinds of us versus them tactics will only lead us to an economic...

March 10, 2011 Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: Last evening in the dark of night, and at the urging of Governor Scott Walker, Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate exercised the nuclear option to ram through a bill attacking Wisconsin’s working...

March 10, 2011 The Great Recession Is to Blame By David Madland, Nick Bunker The conservative explanation for state budget deficits is that employee compensation for public-sector workers is out of control. But a close look at the facts demonstrates these claims are...

Economic Policy Institute has released a new report today investigating wages and benefits in so-called “Right to Work” states. In RTW states wages are lower and employees less likely to have employer sponsored health and pension programs. The report can be found at...