AFL-CIO Issues Ultimatum to Obama Administration

AFL-CIO Issues Ultimatum to Obama Administration...There may be trouble in paradise between the Obama administration and its union support as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (left) is expected to issue an ultimatum to the administration in a speech this afternoon at the National Press Club. According to Trumka, congressional Democrats aren’t doing enough to back labor unions.

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7563-afl-cio-issues-ultimatum-to-obama-administration

WI: May Day march appeals for solidarity (workers' rights and rights of illegals)

WI: May Day march appeals for solidarity..rally supporting rights for unions and illegal aliens..Union leader Trumka joins march in support of union power, illegal aliens' rights..The march was organized by Voces de la Frontera.. The yearly May Day march here to push for immigration reform has been among the largest in the country. But this year the march expanded to include worker rights. Many in the crowd this year wore shirts or carried banners for their unions, including the Service Employees International Union, the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/121055409.html