It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>>

Jobless workers, union members and community activists stood in the freezing cold on Tuesday in St. Louis, joining activists nationwide for a December 7 Day of Action in solidarity with the unemployed. They called on Senator Claire McCaskill to immediately restore unemployment insurance for a year for the million jobless workers currently without any aid, delivering petitions signed by thousands of Missourians.

This November 30, 44,908 Missourians are going to lose their unemployment benefits unless Congress takes action. 

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Congressman Russ Carnahan, representing Missouri's 3rd Congressional District, joined dozens of union members to kick off Labor2010's massive GOTV campaign in St. Louis.

To ensure all union members have the facts on key races, the AFL-CIO is sending out mail to 3.6 million households this week. This piece, "Roy Blunt Failed Missouri Workers" brings three points home on how Blunt failed our members and all working families..

Secretary of Labor Solis gives her 2010 Labor Day Address to American Workers.   She speaks about her plan to create jobs and the need to level the playing field for workers in this country, including education, job training and supporting the right to organize.  

"And you can be certain that, like the president,  I will not stop working until every American is back on their feet and we have fufilled our mission to provide good and safe jobs for everyone."  Do take a moment and watch the address.  Happy Labor Day.

Reprinted from AFL-CIO Blog

Cape Girardeau, Missouri probably isn't the first place you'd think of as a union town. It is conservative, to be sure. Hometown of Rush Limbaugh, Cape County hasn't voted for a Democrat in a presidential race since 1964. It is a Red city in a Purple Battleground state. When it comes to organized labor, however, there is more to Cape Girardeau than meets the eye.