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American labor unions decline again

On January 21, 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on the documenting the rise and fall of unionism in American.

In the Media by David Denholm

AFL-CIO president: Work we did 'held the Senate'

In a post-election message to supporters, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka thanked those that he believes helped keep Democrats in office - saying 'the work that we did held the Senate.'

In the Media by Michael Krebs - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Where is our proper representation in the health-care vote?

Health care cost control troubles? No problem: the Teamsters with the "Coalition to Win" of Andy Stern will help run it. How is Andy Stern’s Service Employees International Union profiting from Obama's health care proposal?

In the Media by Richard Ivan Cronkhite - 5 comments

Op-Ed: US Labor Unions Alienating the American Public

Throughout the history of American labor, unions have enjoyed staunch support with the American people. Yet recent polling shows a nosedive of support for labor unions in the United States. Reasons abound, and they have no one to blame but themselves.

In the Media by Johnny Simpson

President Obama spoke at AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic

At an AFL-CIO picnic in celebration of Labor Day, Pres. Obama commended the work done by unions and remembered the work of Sen. Kennedy on employee rights and benefits.

In the Media by Kay Mathews - 2 comments

AFL-CIO leader threatens legislators over health care support

The question of a public option in the health care proposals supported by the Democratic Party appeared is of key importance to the AFL-CIO, and now one of their key leaders is warning legislators who do not support that option.

In the Media by Michael Krebs - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Relooking at Minimum Wage Laws

Who benefits from minimum wage laws? Who promotes it? Does it actually help for those intended? Is it strictly a political actually? Why do we have a federal minimum wage law?

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 3 comments

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Average CEO Pay Rises to $13M

Just when you thought executive compensation couldn't get anyhigher, the average CEO pay increased 14 percent to $12.9 million in 2011, 11,000 times that of the average worker, according to the AFL-CIO's annual Executive Paywatch report released on Thursday.

Photos: 10 Top Earning CEOs

The national labor group launched its Executive Paywatch analysis 15 years ago to inform the public about growing inequality in labor wages, said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Watch: JP Morgan Chase CIO Expected to Resign

Ina Drew, one of Wall Street's top women execs, resigned, according to the bank.

JPMorgan Chase CIO Ina Drew Resigns

By BILL McGUIRE and KEVIN DOLAK Ina Drew, the chief investment officer at JPMorgan Chase and one of the top women on Wall Street, resigned today in the wake of the firm’s $2.3 billion in-house trading loss. JPMorgan said in a statement today that Matt Zames,... Advertisement: Avoid the hassle of sheet labels. Say goodbye to sheet label hassles. The DYMO® LabelWriter® 450 Turbo creates labels with customizable, individual addresses. No more blank labels on a sheet that are difficult to reuse. Dymo.com Ads by Pheedo