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Local unions hit the grills for Labor Day campaign, backing Brown, Boxer, Lee, McNerney

By Sean Maher
The Oakland Tribune
Posted: 09/06/2010 08:02:29 PM PDT

OAKLAND -- A work holiday doesn't mean much to anyone struggling to find or keep a job, so even as local union members gathered for a Labor Day barbecue Monday, there was widespread talk of almost nothing but work. click headline to read full article

Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle
Political Writer
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

In a year in which California unemployment hovers at 12 percent and the state confronts the worst recession in generations, Art Pulaski is wondering: How did his people - working people - become the bad guys of the 2010 election? Click Headline to read full article

OAKLAND NORTH
By: Evan Wagstaff, September 7, 2010

Candidates, union leaders, and everyday workers took turns eating and campaigning along the Oakland waterfront Labor Day afternoon to celebrate the spirit of the holiday and discuss the plight of California’s unemployed. Click headline for full article

By Kelly Rayburn
Oakland Tribune
Posted: 05/07/2010 08:02:59 AM PDT

OAKLAND —The 100,000-member Alameda Labor Council will see a temporary change in leadership as Sharon Cornu, the organization's secretary-treasurer, has been tapped to go to Washington, DC, to work on the midterm elections.

Our movement is millions of working people joining hands for dignity, respect, a voice at work and the better pay, medical care, retirement security that comes with collective bargaining. Our movement is the voice of working people, fighting for the organized and unorganized. Our movement is a partner with organizations who share a vision of social justice. 
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