The national Republican party has selected Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels to respond to President Obama’s State of the Union address next week–sending a clear signal the party is making attacks on working people a top priority in the 2012 elections. Daniels is a key backer of right to work for less (RTW) legislation which state Republican lawmakers, in a stunning display of arrogance, have repeatedly tried to ram through, while thumbing their noses at working Hoosiers–not to mention democracy. Read more >>>

First, multimillionaire Mitt Romney told a group of jobless workers he’s also “unemployed.” Next, Romney thought there was no problem in stating publicly that he likes to “fire people.” Now, the Republican presidential wannabee proved yet again how out of touch he is with mainstream Americans by showing the extent to which he’s a member of the elite 1 percent. In South Carolina yesterday, Romney admitted he pays “around” a 15 percent tax rate, while earning $374,000 a year in speaker’s fees alone—an income he described as “not very much.” Read more >>>

Viewers in Austin, Texas, and Pittsburgh are getting the first public look at a new AFL-CIO television spot, “Work Connects Us All: America’s Unions.” The evocative ad features members of many unions, from virtually every industry, and is part of a broad campaign that aims to “fly above the tactics and controversies of the day” and connects with people around the values associated with work, according to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. Read more >>>

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has been in a 9 year fight to obtain collective bargaining rights for the nations Transportation Security Officers (TSOs).  These are the hardworking men and women who insure our safety at our airports.

The Triangle Labor Council, AFL-CIO represents union members in the following counties of North Carolina; Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Orange, Person, and Wake.  Significant cities within that geographical area include Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Chapel Hill, Smithfield, Roxboro, Pittsboro, Louisburg, and Oxford.  The mission of the Triangle Labor Council, 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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