Labor Shorts
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Federal
unions want Obama to use his
executive power to act on their wish
list(Washington Post,
January 30): Federal labor leaders perked
up during last week’s State of the Union
address when President Obama pledged to make
2014 “a year of
action.”
Hands-on Courses
Offered at Labor
College: Classes are filling
fast for the National Labor College’s Bonnie
Ladin Union Skills (BLUS)
Program (right). Click
here for details and to
register.
Donations Needed to Restore
Mother Jones Monument:
The Illinois
AFL-CIO, has launched a campaign to raise
funds to restore the Mother Jones' gravesite
and monument in Mount Olive, Ill.