IBEW Members are Working in Afghanistan to Wire the War Zone
Union members have long displayed an allegiance to United States military servicemen and women, frequently donning American Flag stickers and other forms of Army, Navy and Marine support on their...
View ArticleVIDEO: Military Vets Rebuild the World Trade Center Through the Helmets to...
Some of the first military veterans to ship out after 9/11 came back with the goal of rebuilding the World Trade Center, either symbolically or physically. The Building and Construction Trades’...
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Workers Stand for America Releases Heart-Warming Rally Recap Video
I don’t know if it’s the rock piano that enters early on or the look on people’s faces, but this quick-hitting video recap of the Workers Stand for America rally got my red, white and blue juices...
View ArticleMAHER: “Election time used to mean get out the vote, now it means ‘you want...
The frequently controversial, frequently brilliant Bill Maher recently dug into the motivations behind the GOP’s national voter suppression agenda. In the wake of a Pennsylvania Judge declaring that...
View ArticleINSAYN RAND: Paul Ryan Refers to Rape as a “Method of Conception”
Look. We don’t write about abortion on this blog. I have to start off by putting that out there. This blog has a sharp focus on issues concerning labor, unions, corporate malfeasance, and the general...
View ArticleBCTD Pres. McGarvey Takes Part In the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day “Thank You” Card...
To celebrate Labor Day, the AFL-CIO has launched a great new video creation and sharing application to allow anybody to send a “Thank You” to a hard working person they know. Presidents of several...
View ArticleVIDEO: Iron Workers President Endorses Barack Obama
This morning, Iron Workers General President Walter Wise released a video formally endorsing Barack Obama for the 2012 Presidential election. This may not be appear to be shocking news considering...
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SMWIA Local 66 Member Dominated Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” on The Voice...
Absolutely not a headline we expected to be writing on this blog ever, at any point, ever. But it happened. A Sheet Metal Worker from Local 66 in Washington state appeared on The Voice last night and...
View Article“The United States of ALEC” Aims to Uncover Underhanded Corporate-Funded...
This weekend, Bill Moyers premiered his new documentary, The United States of ALEC, on progressive news network Democracy Now. In the film, the veteran journalist aims to inform Americans about the...
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Colbert on Meet the Press: There Is a “Politico Industrial Complex”
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert was a guest on Meet the Press this weekend. He used his witty brand of satire to comment on the Presidential race. Claiming that Mitt Romney’s recent post-debate surge...
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New Prevailing Wage Video Creeps Toward 2,000 Views, Features We Party...
Look, we’re not trying to fool anybody. We know full well that some of the topics we like to focus on here don’t exactly fall under the “sexy” category. There aren’t any celeb sightings or Petraeus...
View ArticleThe Only Video You Need to Watch About “Right-to-Work” in Michigan
Articles are being written. Tweets are being sent. Press releases are going out. But you only need to watch this video of Michigan State Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) on the floor yesterday to...
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VIDEO: President Obama Admonishes Michigan GOP for Pursuing “Right-to-Work”
Yesterday, during his “fiscal cliff” speech in Detroit, President Obama took the opportunity to attack the malevolence du jour that is the pending passage of “Right-to-Work” in Michigan. Given...
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Awesome Anti-ALEC Cartoon Featuring a Very Average East Coast Accent
I hadn’t seen this anti-ALEC cartoon until this morning. It’s quite good in terms of explaining the treachery that is the American Legislative Exchange Council (notice the cartoon dollar bill’s...
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MISS THIS? New IBEW Ad Airing During NFL Games
In case you missed it last weekend, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) debuted a new ad, “The Comeback,” during NFL games on CBS and Fox. The ad, which can be viewed below,...
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Video Features Pair of Military Servicemen Turned Construction Workers via...
LAANE’s Construction Careers Project and the UCLA Labor Center’s California Construction Academy (CCA) have teamed up to present “From the Ground Up,” a monthly video collaboration that highlights...
View ArticleDOL Video Celebrating 75 Years of Apprenticeship Earns MARCOM Award
The video used to kick off the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ “OutEducate, OutBuild, OutInnovate” Education and Action Summit was named a gold medal winner in the...
View ArticleMUST WATCH: In MLK Award Acceptance Speech at WI Capitol, Woman Gives Gov....
This. Is. Awesome. In a public ceremony yesterday at the Wisconsin Capitol, Dr. Margaret Rozga accepted the MLK 2013 Heritage Award for her husband, the late Father James Groppi. She used her...
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Oregon Building Trades Roll Out Testimony Videos Ahead of Today’s Potential...
Today could be the day Oregon legislators vote on HB2800, the I-5 bridge replacement bill. This project is currently the central focus of the Oregon Building and Construction Trades Council (ORBCTC)...
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Warren: “I am really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become...
To the dismay of her critics, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s debut on the Senate Banking Committee has put on display the effective, no-holds-barred approach to affecting change that made her so popular...
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