As I discussed yesterday the AFL-CIO rsquo s Constitutional Convention in LA this week began with a lot of buzz about proposals that progressive groups that were not labor organizations might be invited to affiliate with the AFL-CIO nbsp A number of union leaders expressed both practical and prin

Along with the outreach to alt-labor groups I discussed yesterday the AFL-CIO Convention delegates have been weighing ways to form tighter associations with progressive groups like the NAACP La Raza the Sierra Club the National Organization of Women and others In politics these organizations

The U S Catholic Bishops have felt compelled to once again step into a public relations fray and defend a venerable Catholic agency against an attack from self-appointed Catholic gadflies primarily LifeSiteNews and the nbsp Population Research Institute nbsp These often internet-based entities w

The chairman of the U S bishops rsquo Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development urged the U S House of Representatives not to accept a proposed 40 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP formerly known as food stamps Bishop Stephen E Blaire of Stockto

The old campesino spoke calmly yet conveyed a deep sense of urgency ldquo We have been threatened rdquo he told us through an interpreter ldquo because we have defended the poorest people the land and the water rdquo In February he explained members of his village in northern Honduras he

This week witnesses thousands of trade unionists and labor activists assembling in Los Angeles for the 27th Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO nbsp With union membership continuing to decline the federation has been seeking new approaches to advocate for American workers nbsp The labor mov