Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

These days, it’s hard to keep straight all of Congress’ efforts to build plutocracy — the further consolidation of the power of the richest Americans at the expense of the rest of us. 

Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

TEXAS AFL-CIO MOURNS STEVE MOSTYN

  Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy issued this statement on the death of Texas trial lawyer Steve Mostyn:

  “The officers and staff of the Texas AFL-CIO are in mourning over the death of Steve Mostyn, an extraordinary trial lawyer and friend of working people in our state.”

TEXAS AFL-CIO MOURNS STEVE MOSTYN

Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new report from the Working for America Institute and Jobs With Justice Education Fund profiles a Washington state apprenticeship program as a suc

Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

As a pillar of the Democratic Party, unions have wanted for years to see mainstream Democrats push for major reforms to the law that would rejuvenate the ranks of organized labor.

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

TEXAS UNIONS TO UNVEIL FILM TELLING STORY OF ASIAN-AMERICAN SEAFARER

HOUSTON -- On Sunday, October 29th the Seafarers International Union and other Texas labor organizations will unveil a documentary chronicling the journey of Shwe Aung from Burmese merchant mariner to labor activist, refugee, immigrant, American citizen, and highly effective international labor l

TEXAS UNIONS TO UNVEIL FILM TELLING STORY OF ASIAN-AMERICAN SEAFARER

Texas AFL-CIO Statement on Announcement by Speaker Straus

  Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy issued the following statement on behalf of the state labor federation in response to House Speaker Joe Straus’s announcement that he will not seek reelection:

Texas AFL-CIO Statement on Announcement by Speaker Straus