This week Robert Reich, secretary of labor in the Clinton administration and professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, leads a discussion on what we can do to close the inequality gap as the AFL-CIO continues its crucial conversation about the future of working people and of unions at www.aflcio2013.org.

 

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The AFT and First Book—a nonprofit that has distributed more than 90 million new books to children across the United States—have joined forces with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to help encourage a culture of reading for low-income and middle-class students.

This video features AFT’s team-up with First Book to place books in the homes of the children of Freeport, N.Y., a community devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

 

2012 General Election Results (* indicates a Labor-endorsed candidate)

U.S. President/Vice President: Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D)*

Arkansas U.S. Congressional Districts:
CD 1: Rick Crawford (R)
CD 2: Tim Griffin (R)
CD 3: Steve Womack (R)
CD 4: Tom Cotton (R)

2013 U.S. Congress Arkansas: 4 Republicans (+1), 0 Democrats

Arkansas State Senate Races
SD 1: Bart Hester (R)
SD 2: Jim Hendren (R)
SD 3: Cecile Bledsoe (R)
SD 4: Uvalde Lindsey (D)*
SD 5: Bryan King (R)
SD 6: Gary Stubblefield (R)
SD 7: Jon Woods (R)*
SD 8: Jake Files (R)
SD 9: Bruce Holland (R)
SD 10: Larry Teague (D)*
SD 11: Jimmy Hickey (R)
SD 12: Bruce Maloch (D)*
SD 13: Alan Clark (R)
SD 14: Bill Sample (R)
SD 15: David Sanders (R)
SD 16: Michael Lamoureux (R)
SD 17: Johnny Key (R)
SD 18: Missy Thomas Irvin (R)
SD 19: David Wyatt (D)*
SD 20: Robert Thompson (D)*
SD 21: Paul Bookout (D)*
SD 22: David Burnett (D)*
SD 23: Ronald Caldwell (R)
SD 24: Keith Ingram (D)*
SD 25: Stefanie Flowers (D)*
SD 26: Eddie Cheatham (D)*
SD 27: Bobby Pierce (D)*
SD 28: Jonathan Dismang (R)
SD 29: Eddie Joe Williams (R)
SD 30: Linda Chesterfield (D)*
SD 31: Joyce Elliott (D)*
SD 32: David Johnson (D)*
SD 33: Jeremy Hutchinson (R)
SD 34: Jane English (R)
SD 35: Jason Rapert (R)

2013 State Senate: 21 Republicans (+6), 14 Democrats

Arkansas State House Races
HD 1: Prissy Hickerson (R)
HD 2: Lane Jean (R)
HD 3: Brent Talley (D)*
HD 4: Fonda Hawthorne (D)*
HD 5: David Fielding (D)*
HD 6: Matthew Shepard (R)
HD 7: John Baine (D)*
HD 8: Jeffrey Wardlaw (D)*
HD 9: Sheila Lampkin (D)*
HD 10: Mike Holcomb (D)*
HD 11: Mark McElroy (D)*
HD 12: Chris Richey (D)
HD 13: David Hillman (D)*
HD 14: Walls McCrary (D)*
HD 15: Ken Bragg (R)
HD 16: James Word (D)*
HD 17: Henry “Hank” Wilkins (D)*
HD 18: Richard Womack (R)
HD 19: Nate Steel (D)*
HD 20: Nate Bell (R)
HD 21: Terry Rice (R)
HD 22: Bruce Westerman (R)
HD 23: Ann Clemmer (R)
HD 24: Bruce Cozart (R)
HD 25: John Vines (D)*
HD 26: David Kizzia (D)*
HD 27: Andy Mayberry (R)
HD 28: Kim Hammer (R)
HD 29: Fred Love (D)*
HD 30: Charles Armstrong (D)*
HD 31: Andy Davis (R)
HD 32: Allen Kerr (R)
HD 33: Warwick Sabin (D)*
HD 34: John Walker (D)*
HD 35: John Edwards (D)*
HD 36: Darrin Williams (D)*
HD 37: Eddie Armstrong (D)*
HD 38: Patti Julian (D)*
HD 39: Mark Lowery (R)
HD 40: Douglas House (R)
HD 41: Jim Nickels (D)*
HD 42: Mark Perry (D)*
HD 43: Davy Carter (R)
HD 44: Joe Farrer (R)
HD 45: Jeremy Gillam (R)
HD 46: Mark Biviano (R)
HD 47: Jody Dickinson (D)*
HD 48: Reginald Murdock (D)*
HD 49: Marshall Wright (D)*
HD 50: Fred Smith (G)
HD 51: Deborah Ferguson (D)*
HD 52: John Hutchison (R)
HD 53: Homer Lenderman (D)*
HD 54: Wes Wagner (D)*
HD 55: Monte Hodges (D)*
HD 56: Joe Jett (D)*
HD 57: Mary Broadaway (D)*
HD 58: Harold Copenhaver (D)*
HD 59: Butch Wilkins (D)*
HD 60: James Ratliff (D)*
HD 61: Scott Baltz (D)*
HD 62: Tommy Wren (D)*
HD 63: James McClean (D)*
HD 64: John Payton (R)
HD 65: Tommy Thompson (D)*
HD 66: Josh Miller (R)
HD 67: Stephen Meeks (R)
HD 68: Robert Dale (R)
HD 69: Betty Overbey (D)*
HD 70: David Meeks (R)
HD 71: Andrea Lea (R)
HD 72: Steve Magie (D)*
HD 73: John Catlett (D)*
HD 74: John Eubanks (R)
HD 75: Charlotte Douglas (R)
HD 76: Denny Altes (R)
HD 77: Stephanie Malone (R)
HD 78: George McGill (D)*
HD 79: Gary Deffenbaugh (R)
HD 80: Charlene Fite (R)
HD 81: Justin Harris (R)
HD 82: Bill Gossage (R)
HD 83: David Branscum (R)
HD 84: Charlie Collins (R)
HD 85: David Whitaker (D)*
HD 86: Greg Leding (D)*
HD 87: Jonathan Barnett (R)
HD 88: Randy Alexander (R)
HD 89: Micah Neal (R)
HD 90: Skip Carnine (R)
HD 91: Dan Douglas (R)
HD 92: Mary Lou Slinkard (R)
HD 93: Jim Dotson (R)
HD 94: Debra Hobbs (R)
HD 95: Sue Scott (R)
HD 96: Duncan Baird (R)
HD 97: Bob Ballinger (R)
HD 98: John Burris (R)
HD 99: Kelley Linck (R)
HD 100: Karen Hopper (R)

2013 State House: 51 Republicans (+5), Democrats 49

 

 

 

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