Jon Stewart and Robert Reich Discuss Income Inequality in America
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(This is a re-post from the AFL-CIO's Live Convention BLOG) Bankruptcy laws are rigged against working people. Employers, corporations and lenders often exploit these laws to weaken our retirement security, cut health care and leave young workers saddled with student loan debt, without the prospect of a good job or the ability to discharge the debt through bankruptcy. Look no further than the coal giantsย Peabody Energy and Arch Coal, which created Patriot Coal to shed their obligations...
โIf we fight, we win,โ shouted Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) near the end of her keynote speech on the opening evening of the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention. โReal reform isnโt easy,โ Warren said to loud applause. โUphill battles? You bet!โ ...
A delegation of BCTGM members will be attending theย AFL-CIO 2013 National Conventionย in Los Angeles from Sept. 8โ11. In the months leading up to the AFL-CIO Convention, the Federation posed significant questions about the future of the labor movement online and within communities during listening sessions. They have heard the ideas of rank-and-file members and activists from coast to coast on how we can build a more robust movement for working people now and in the future. Check...
Thomas E. Perez, the U.S. secretary of labor, sends you this message on Labor Day: Brother and Sisters, From the U.S. Department of Labor, where I proudly work in a building named for my great predecessor Frances Perkins, let me wish all of my friends in the AFL-CIO and your familiesโwherever you areโa safe, happy and healthy Labor Day. This Labor Day feels special in many ways: weโre celebrating 100 years of the Labor Departmentโs tireless efforts...