Sept 6th BBQ: Turn Up the HEAT on POLITICS!
The Alameda County BBQ is the place to be this Labor Day to meet Jerry Brown and a slew of other pro-worker candidates who are in tough fights this November. All proceeds will go to the ALC’s Hardship Fund which directly supports workers facing tough times. Sept. 6th, 3-6pm at MLK Shoreline Park. Click headline for more info

Milwaukee AFT Local 2169 member Ashleigh Lund says she hopes that President Obama’s Labor Day appearance with AFL-CIO President AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at the annual Laborfest "can spur people to get to the voting booths in support of worker friendly candidates this November…I am excited because this shows me that the rights of workers are still important to Obama." Click on the headline to read more>>

How badly do we need our elected leaders to come off their extended vacations and get to work stimulating the economy and creating real jobs? Take a look at two items in the news. First, bankruptcy filings nationwide reached their highest level in five years between April and June, up 11 percent from the same period in 2009. For the fiscal year that ended June 30, consumer bankruptcies jumped 21 percent, to 1.51 million, from the previous year.Click the headline to read more>>

As part of the Nurses' Dog Meg Whitman Campaign, the CNA led a march on Women's Suffrage Day with hundreds of teachers, firefighters, iron workers, longshoremen, clerical workers, bus drivers, and other service workers. Billionaire Whitman's rarely voted in three decades, but now she wants our vote! We need to ensure California reflects OUR values not corporate values. Click headline for more info.

Close to 150 people attended the AFL-CIO's political campaign school to BEAT THE BILLIONAIRES! This November, working families will face well-funded candidates who openly want to destroy our unions, our pensions, the 8-hour day and prevailing wages. Join people across Alameda County who are getting involved to ensure we elect worker-friendly candidates. Click headline for info

The State of California and partner organizations provide a range of services to help people who have exhausted - or may soon exhaust - unemployment insurance. Unemployed individuals may qualify for assistance to meet basic needs as well as health care, counseling, employment and training. In parts of CA, call 2-1-1 to learn about resources in your community. Click headline for more info

The Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO is a union of unions, uniting workers from manufacturing, education, transportation, healthcare, private and public sector. The mission of the Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our communities and the nation.

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