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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...

Brothers and Sisters, This new video is from the Chemical Safety Board, it is about 15 minutes long and the last half of the video is on the Kleen Energy explosion. This is the site where we lost 4 UA members last year. It is a well designed film so please take the...

Keystone XL Update and Action Alert February 7 2011

View Article Carney's answer was this: "Well, I will - on the specific actions that members of different legislatures have taken, I’m not going to judge that, but I will - from here. But I will say that there is nothing wrong with - as the President made clear in...

View Article “Governors across the country are facing, you know, tough budget issues – as the president is here – but we have to support our hardworking teachers and make sure that we do everything we can to help them do the critically important work they do...

View Article “The fight is on,” Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told the closing session of the DNC gathering at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel Saturday morning. “We work together. We help those embattled states right now where public employees are under...

View Article Unions are not the cause of the country's economic woes, Vice President Biden said Wednesday. “Public employees are not the problem. The problem is much deeper,” Biden said during a fundraiser in New York for Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). Rather,...

Obama to governors: Public employees must not be vilified or have their rights infringed upon View Article But let me also say this: it does no one any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon. We need to attract the...

Obama joins Wisconsin's budget battle, opposing Republican anti-union bill View Article "Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where they're just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on...

Attached please find a letter to Congressman Rodney Alexander thanking him for his support in defeating the anti-DB and anti-PLA amendments last week. 2.24.11 Alexander Kelly Ahl PAC Director / Government Affairs Representative Building and Construction Trades Dept.,...

Dear State and Local Building Trades Leader: Yesterday, the United States Senate defeated an attempt by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to deny Davis-Bacon Act coverage for projects funded by the Federal Aviation Administration.  Senator Paul offered his amendment during...