This afternoon, the AFL-CIO Executive Council said waiting 60 years for health care reform is long enough. Council members agreed to actively support President Obama’s health care bill and called on Congress to pass the legislation, which the U.S. House is set to vote on this Sunday. Read More>>

 

Starting today, the union movement and our allies are taking our fight for good jobs now to the biggest Wall Street banks whose reckless greed has gone a long way to wreck the U.S. economy and kill American jobs. From March 15-26, working people will hold rallies and demonstrations at branches of the Big Six Wall Street banks—Bank of America, Chase, Citigroup, Wachovia-Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley—across the country. They will tell the banks: “I Am Not Your ATM” and “Make Wall Street Pay for Creating New Jobs.” Read More>>

Arkansas working families must make our voices heard in the important elections this year. Make sure that you and all of your friends, family members, and co-workers are registered to vote. You can check your registration online and register to vote online too. You must be registered at least 30 days before an election in order to vote. The party primaries this year are on Tuesday May 18th, and that includes judicial races and some local ballot questions.

You are invited to a Special Convention of the Arkansas AFL-CIO to be held March 27th, 2010 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The purpose of the convention will be to take action on recommendations of State COPE concerning candidates who will be running for office in the May 18th Preferential Primaries. Your credentials will be mailed to you soon if eligible. The registration fee is $50.00 per delegate, alternate, and guest. The one-day convention will convene at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday March 27th, 2010.