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AFL-CIO launches TV ad campaign as unions fight declining membership, growing hostility

(AP, Jan. 17)

The AFL-CIO on Tuesday launched a new advertising campaign to promote unions as a voice for all working people, a move that comes amid declining membership and growing hostility to organized labor in a number of states.

A Gathering Storm Over ‘Right to Work’ in Indiana

(NYT, Jan. 3)

Nearly a year after legislatures in Wisconsin and several other Republican-dominated states curbed the power of public sector unions, lawmakers are now turning their sights toward private sector unions, setting up what is sure to be another political storm.

Facts Again Show Right to Work is Right to Work Less

(By Mike Hall, AFL-CIO blog, Jan. 3)

Indiana working families are gearing up to fight state Republican lawmakers’ attempt to ram through a “right to work” for less bill—and a new report reveals the corporate lies behind backers’ claims that “right to work” laws boost wages.

The UAW's Last Stand

(RSN, Dec. 31)

The United Auto Workers union is staking its future on the kind of struggle it hasn't waged since the 1930s: a massive drive to organize hostile factories.

‘X Factor’ Finale Accident Leaves 3 Stagehands Injured

(By Shirley Halperin, THR, Dec. 27)

Tragedy nearly struck in the last minutes of the X Factor finale as a stair riser came unhinged and hit two stagehands in the head and another in the elbow.

Antidote for Stupidity of Shipping Tax-Dollar-Financed Jobs Overseas

(By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers, CalLabFed, Dec. 21)

Amid prolonged, painfully high unemployment, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer for the past year tirelessly advocated a simple solution – buy American-made products. She clearly explained the reasoning: every American dollar spent on an American-made product helps create an American job.

Oscar Makers in Chicago Ratify New Contract

(PR – Market Watch-The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 21)

CHICAGO, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As Award Season Nears, Teamsters Secure First New Wages in Four Years. Hollywood's biggest awards will continue to be made by American labor after the Chicago Teamsters reached a contract agreement on Dec. 22 with the longtime manufacturers of the Oscars and Emmy Awards.