In Peru, Talks Resume for New Asia, Americas, Oceania Trade Pact  Wall Street Journal   …Another round of talks aimed at reaching an agreement on an enormous new trading bloc linking nations from Asia, the Americas and Oceania officially kicked off Wednesday in Lima…LIVE FROM LIMA: Our Health, Environment, and Rights are Not Negotiable!  Public...

May 17, 2013

5/17/2013 – Labor Advocate – Episode 10 – Joe and Ken discuss Dark Money The intro song is “This Land is Our Land” by Woody Guthrie. This song was released for everyone to use. Subscribe   Now find us on itunes and...

Three Philadelphia unions – complete with rat mobile – protested outside Fox 29, whose camera technicians have been working for months without a contract.   *Read entire...

Minneapolis, MN – About 200 Somalis, mainly women, converged on the Federal Building here, May 16, for the sentencing hearing of two Somali humanitarian workers. Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan were convicted of ‘material support for terrorism’ in October, 2011. Judge Michael J. Davis handed down a 20-year sentence for Amina Ali and a 10-year sentence for Hawo...

Protesting the latest job-killing trade deal in Lima today.(UPDATES to ADD Mike Dolan’s first name in graf 3.)Hundreds of Peruvians — and a Teamster — protested today in front of the hotel in Miraflores, Lima, where the latest round of secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is taking place.The Teamsters are concerned the 12-nation...

The U.S. needs a strong advocate for working families like Thomas Perez in the Labor Department if we are to restore the middle class, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said today.Hoffa applauded Perez’s approval by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee yesterday.The Teamsters issued a press statement today about Perez’s...

May 17, 2013

Thank you Mike Hummell for doing this, and allowing us to share this powerful video.