_From the AFSCME Blog...New Campaign Highlights Real Impact of Working Americans

Ever wonder if what you do for a living has any real meaning to anyone else? A new television spot airing in several cities across the country shows the connection working Americans have to each other, a message that resonates in so many states and cities with politicians who blame the working middle class for the current economic crisis.  Read the full story here...

From AFL-CIO News...

Republicans who claim they are BFF with small business owners–yet insist ”over regulation” is causing the nation’s economic woes–ought to listen to what their “best friends” have to say.

A new poll of 500 small business owners finds that cutting regulations is far down their list...
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Reposted from the AFL-CIO...

Donna Gratehouse, who blogs at DemocraticDiva and elsewhere on all things Arizona, sends us this.
A slate of bills introduced in the Arizona Legislature this session would wipe out public-sector unions in our state. If Gov. Jan Brewer (R) signs them into law, which is likely, they would ban...
Read the story at: http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/arizona-the-new-wisconsin/