The new NAFTA is another corporate handout. It won't stem the outsourcing of good jobs or protect the rights of working people. Tell Congress the new NAFTA isn't good enough and to refuse to vote on it.
Members of the SC AFL-CIO, Columbia Central Labor Council and a handful of volunteer supporters showed up on a frosty Monday morning to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr., March to the Stat
On a rainy December Saturday morning, some members of the Columbia Central Labor Council and their friends walked through the streets of that city as part of an annual Christmas parade and handed o
The 2018 Convention of the South Carolina AFL-CIO was once again held in Georgetown. The event barely missed a hurricane like the one that cut the previous year’s convention short.
A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trumpsigned in late Maythat would have made it easier to fire federal employees.
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen
on Thursday, August 23 2018 - 2:26pm
We’re bringing you a special episode this week. Last week, Sarah was in New Orleans for Netroots Nation, and this week we bring you the recording of the panel,What’s a Strike and How Can I Help?, designed to explain to labor rookies what goes into planning a strike, building community support, and successfully pulling one off.
Maddin won his case, but it’s Gorsuch’s world we’re living in.According to an AFL-CIO report, 5,190 workers died on the job in the United States in 2016. Another 50,000 to 60,000 die annually of occupational diseases, and nearly 4 million experienced work-related injuries or illnesses.
A law to free nonunion workers from paying union dues has been undone by Missouri voters, a victory for labor organizers who spent millions of dollars to organize a “no” campaign.
“It’s a clear message that they want to go a different way,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. “They want workers to have a bigger say.”
Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley
on Monday, August 6 2018 - 12:21pm
The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives.
Rebekah Engtralgo
on Monday, August 6 2018 - 12:13pm
Congressional Republicans and President Trump continue to push their sole legislative accomplishment, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as a game-changer for average working Americans — but the benefits of that bill appear to be going mostly to the people at the top.
Kurt Erickson
on Wednesday, July 25 2018 - 10:49am
The union-backed fight against making Missouri a "Right to Work" state has enlisted some star power to get its message out.
Actor John Goodman is featured in a 30-second radio ad saying a law that will be decided by Missouri voters in the Aug. 7 primary election will hurt the middle class.
"The bill will not give you the right to work," Goodman says. "It’s being sold as a way to help Missouri workers, but look a little deeper and you’ll see it’s all about corporate greed."
The South Carolina Association for Retired Americans(SC ARA) will join the Greater Columbia Central Labor Council(CLC) in celebrating the 83rd anniversary of Social Security and the 53rd anniversary of Medicare.
Last year saw increased threats to both programs from conservative lawmakers on the federal as well as state level. And President Trump has proposed cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—breaking his promise to protect these essential programs. At the same time, Trump’s budget provides already wealthy Americans with an additional $550 BILLION in tax cuts.
