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The Young Trade Unionist 1st Annual Networking & Career Fair was a very successful event. There were dozens of apprenticeship programs and Local Unions at the event. There were Union companies such as American Income Life to share with everyone the benefit of the company & Local Union relationship. We were also joined by the [...]



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Three weeks after being laid off from his job, Rafael Arredondo, 31, is sitting in a conference room in a Southern California office park, hoping to hear good news about his own future and that of the union movement. He’s one of more than a dozen 20-and 30-something union members gathered around the table, sharing [...]



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The Young Trade Unionists will be holding their first event to reach out to the community to bring awareness to the many opportunities to joining a Local Union. This event is called the Networking & Career Fair and will be held on May 1, 2010 from 9am to 12pm. The location for this event is [...]



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AFGE is petitioning DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to grant collective bargaining rights to Transportation Security Officers (TSOs). TSO’s “have worked diligently to keep the more than 600 million people who fly each year — and hundreds of millions of other Americans – safe,” says AFGE, “and have done so despite the absence of labor laws [...]



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The AFL-CIO is calling on Congress and the Obama administration to take five steps now to care for the jobless and put America back to work. Read the outline below and visit the America Needs Jobs Now page for more information.

“1. Extend the lifeline for jobless workers. Unless Congress acts now, supplemental unemployment benefits, additional [...]



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