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.