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 >>>

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The Twenty-Eighth Biennial convention of the Alabama AFL-CIO will be held at the Marriott Montgomery Prattville at Capitol Hill, 2500 Legends Circle, Prattville, Alabama. The convention will begin at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, October 24, 2011 and will continue through Wednesday, October 26, 2011 or until the business of the convention has been completed.

FROM: Vance McCrary, Chair
Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation
 AOLAF Award Recipients for 2011

I would like to thank all the Union volunteers that came out on Saturday, June 25, 2011,  and worked in the Sherman Heights area. As of this past Saturday, Union volunteers have worked over 2,000 man hours in various disaster relief operations. I am so very proud to be associated with the greatest folks in the world. I cannot began to THANK each of you enough. You have really made some peoples lives more bearable.
Again THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

Terry R. Davis 

Our nationwide fundraising will begin soon, which will be in coordination with the local United Way of Central Alabama. These funds will be utilized by our members and their communities throughout Alabama to assist them with unmet needs. Our labor movement will work closely with the United Way to insure the most efficient process for meeting the needs of our members and their communities.

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