Haitian Disaster: How You Can Help

The AFL-CIO is calling for the United States and the entire international community, including the global union movement, to “do our utmost to aid our Haitian sisters and brothers in their moment of extraordinary need.” Unions are mobilizing their members to provide aid in Haiti and through donations.

'Buy America' Puts People to Work

A new report presents clear evidence that including Buy America provisions in last year's stimulus package has created jobs and makes the case that the rules should be strengthened in jobs legislation being considered on Capitol Hill.

The 17-page report, "Buy America Works," by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), highlights success stories showing how Buy America provisions have benefited U.S. companies.

They Sat, So We Could Stand

January 22, 2010 - Nearly 50 years ago in Greensboro, North Carolina, a movement began that changed America. Forever linking together the Civil Rights and Labor Movements.

Three of the four college students who sat down at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, on February 1, 1960, returned to that city last week as living legends of the civil rights movement and guests of honor at the 2010 AFL-CIO Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance.

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