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GOP obstructionism emerges on Supreme Court,
still blocks Senate Action

Nearly 50 Thousand will feel impact of Grassley’s vote

Just hours before Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant law was to go into effect, a federal judge today blocked one of its most contentious provisions—the requirement that police stop and question anyone they have “reasonable suspicion” is undocumented. The law does not define “reasonable suspicion,” a fact that many opponents say is a carte blanche for racial profiling. Earlier this month, the federal government filed suit to bock Arizona from implementing the new law, which has drawn heavy criticism from civil rights organizations, immigrant groups, unions and the religious community. Read More>>

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka laid out a 21st century U.S. economic policy at today’s lunchtime keynote session at Netroots Nation before a diverse crowd of more than 1,000 progressive political activists. Restoring the nation’s middle class in part means returning to a “real economy”—one in which we make things, rather than move around complex financial products, Trumka said. Strengthening U.S. manufacturing must be part of the process to reverse five decades of stagnating wages. Read More>>

In Atlanta—one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures—residents who are about to lose their homes today demanded that Big Banks like Wachovia/Wells Fargo reform their policies and protect homeowners on the brink of homelessness. Read More>>

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We want to make sure Congress is listening to working families, creating jobs and making Wall Street pay!

President Trumka will be joining Secretary Sebelius at HHS for a webinar on health reform implementation for national unions and state/local labor federations.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.

Workers Compensation History

Just launched this morning, the 2010 AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch

Social Security: "no basis for serious concern"

The Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is the state federation of labor representing over 50,000 members of 520 unions throughout Iowa. The mission of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation.

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