Yesterday, September 23, 2009, to discuss the furlough plan the City is seeking to implement. The furlough plan will include mandatory designated days based upon your salary. The mandatory furlough days will require employees …

Obama Speaks on Healthcare at the University of Maryland Comcast Center on September 17th, 2009

President Barack Obama had a strong, inspiring message for delegates to the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention: We’re going to make this country work again. In a speech punctuated by chants and standing ovations, Obama said he’s …

The 2009 AFL-CIO Convention just got a message from the top leaders in Congress: We stand with you and with America’s workers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the leader of the U.S. House, and Senate Majority Leader …

With the convening of the 26th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention this afternoon in Pittsburgh, nearly 2,000 delegates, alternates and guests took part in the formal opening ceremony and paid tribute to retiring AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. …

AFSCME Maryland Council 67 ratified their contract with the County for the Prince George’s County Crossing Guards Local 241. On August 25, Prince George’s County Crossing Guards were able to come to a consensus with …

At the AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic in Cincinnati, President Obama speaks on labor, and the hope to “combine the enduring values that have served us so well for so long: hard work and responsibility.”