Current Issues
LTV Steelworkers Take the Fight to DC
Fresh from a Dec. 7 victory in bankruptcy court giving them a temporary stay in the battle to prevent LTV Steel Corporation from liquidating facilities in Ohio and Indiana, rank-and-file...
ACLU and AFL-CIO Blast Ashcroft
In a blatant attempt to stifle growing criticism of the efforts of the Bush administration to amend the Constitution and write new laws by executive fiat, Attorney General John Ashcroft...
Rally at Capitol: Jobs & Income Now
Hundreds of steelworkers, hotel and restaurant employees and others who have lost their jobs in the deepening recession gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds Dec. 12.
James Jackson: Fighter for Equality, Democracy, Peace and Socialism
James E. Jackson Jr., a leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) for many years, celebrated his 87th birthday Nov. 29.
AFL-CIO Calls for Adding a Million Members
The question of organizing the unorganized topped this years convention agenda and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney minced no words in his call for rededication to the goal of annually adding...