AFL-CIO

House race a loss for labor, too

2012-04-07 15:03:31

As he campaigned in the most closely watched congressional race in Maryland, state Sen. Rob Garagiola had an advantage his fellow Democratic candidates envied: the support of the politically powerful labor movement. More than a stamp of approval,...

Unions plan protest against Balto. Co. pension bill

2012-03-19 00:00:00

Union members from around Baltimore are planning a rally Monday to protest legislation by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would reduce some county employees' pension benefits. County Council members are scheduled to vote Monday on the...

Edwards under fire from labor for Delaney endorsement

2012-03-23 06:23:00

A major statewide union has threatened to reassess its support of Rep. Donna F. Edwards after the Prince George's County Democrat endorsed John Delaney in Maryland's 6th District race on Thursday instead of the candidate backed by Maryland's largest labor...

O'Malley: Benefits of Exelon-CEG merger go beyond rate credit

2011-12-15 14:57:00

While Maryland business, labor and environmental groups backed a $1 billion settlement between Gov. Martin O'Malley and Exelon Corp. related to the Chicago company's buyout of Constellation Energy Group, not everyone was satisfied. Merger opponent EDF...

Cummings launches probe of for-profit schools

2011-12-12 22:38:00

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Monday he is launching an investigation into the salaries and bonuses paid to the top executives of for-profit colleges, noting that a majority of their revenue comes from students who are receiving federal tuition aid....

Baltimore officials kept close eye on Occupy

2012-01-17 15:35:00

Brian C. Rogers, chairman of the Baltimore-based money management giant T. Rowe Price, works in the corporate office high-rise towering over an Inner Harbor park. And for weeks, the company overlooked a group of protesters beating drums, pitching tents...

Wind energy needs union workers

2012-01-30 11:47:00

There has been a lot said and written about a project labor agreement (PLA) being implemented for the proposed Maryland offshore wind energy project. When the time arrives for investments to be made in the construction of this critical project, there will...

Occupy Baltimore protesters seek to remain until April

2011-11-23 15:18:00

Occupy Baltimore protesters have asked city officials for permission to remain in an Inner Harbor park until April, according to an application submitted to the city. Protesters delivered applications for permits to use the park to both Mayor Stephanie...

Protesters head to D.C. to decry economic inequality

2012-01-15 13:49:15

Civil rights veteran Helena Hicks had walked much of the route already, many years ago — decades before the nation's capital memorialized the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in stone. Some things have changed dramatically since then, others not so...

Another labor group to back same-sex marriage

2012-01-04 09:31:00

Maryland's AFL-CIO, a 300,000-member strong labor union, will back the same-sex marriage legislation, marking a key endorsement from a powerful political force in the state. The group last month passed a resolution supportive of gay unions, and will hold...

Newcomer seeks at-large seat on Laurel City Council

2011-10-05 06:19:00

In 1976 when Adrian Rousseau was 14 years old, he joined the Laurel Boys and Girls Club and participated in many club activities. That was a year after his family moved to the city from Washington, to get away from crime in his Northeast neighborhood,...

Congress creates a transportation time bomb

2011-09-06 03:00:00

Tick, tick, tick. The big political news of last week, the brief skirmish between House Speaker John A. Boehner and President Barack Obama over whether the president would address Congress on Wednesday or Thursday, was the classic sort of playground...

Richard W. Bloomingdale is president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO , and Richard L. Trumka is president of the national AFL-CIO.

2012-05-02 05:09:00

People weave in and out of one another as they wind red twine around a Maypole during a gathering of Occupy DC at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC . Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World,

2012-05-01 00:00:00

Among Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley's activities during a visit to Hagerstown Monday was his address to a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at the Central Maryland AFL-CIO Council office on East Franklin Street.

2012-04-24 00:00:00