April 20, 2010 - 1500 Temple Hospital nurses are entering the fourth week of their strike against Temple University Hospital. This is an ugly, nasty strike. The Hospital has brought in 800 scabs from out of town and they are running the scabs into the hospital in buses with the windows blacked out and heavy police escort. This hospital forced the nurses out on strike with a series of demands that no Union could accept. Read More...

February 3, 2010 General Chairman Dodd's letter to Rail Union Officers and Activists in connection with the Wars and Occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, calling on Rail Labor to stand in solidarity and support measures that would end the wars and return the troops. What did you do during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Did you say nothing or do nothing? Or did you stand up and oppose these illegal and unjust actions in every way you could? The workers must demand the end of war and the return of dignity to the American people and to those we have occupied. Read Letter...

January 11, 2010 - Richard L. Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO - Everywhere I went, people asked me, why do so many of the people we elect seem to care only about Wall Street? Why is helping banks a matter of urgency, but unemployment is something we just have to live with? Why don’t we make anything in America anymore? And why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees Americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? Read More...

Vice President Joe Biden - One of the Capitol Hill newspapers estimated that I've taken more than 7,000 round trips on Amtrak over the course of my career. But the one I made on Jan. 17, 2009 was a bit different. When I got there, there were 8,000 people standing in the freezing cold. And I wasn't racing to reach the 7:46 a.m. Metroliner (later, the Acela) that I had taken thousands of times before. Read More...

The U.S. lines of the seven Class I freight railroads cut 1,923 jobs in the month to mid-November, leaving their combined workforce at a new low of 147,097. Reports the carriers submitted to the Surface Transportation Board show most of the cuts coming in track maintenance crews. That job category accounted for 33,561 employees at mid-November, down from 34,622 at the same point in October. Read More...

NY Rep. Eric Massa puts the War in Afghanistan into uncomplicated perspective.

Congressman Eric Massa is a 24-year retired Navy Commander and a Naval Academy graduate. While in the Navy, he served during several global conflicts including Beirut and Operation Desert Storm.

Now as a U.S. Congressman from New York State, Representative Massa puts the war in Afghanistan into perspective. On the anniversary of the 2950th day of the war in Afghanistan, Rep. Massa speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives. See Rep. Massa’s 5-minute speech by following this link to Youtube.

The cold and flu viruses usually enter the body at the nose, eyes, or mouth. Both are alike in many ways, but certain symptoms are more common with one than the other. How can you tell whether the symptoms point toward a cold or the flu? Read more…