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[Everyday Citizen] Government Grows the Economy (Everyday Citizen): AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard also are among keynote speakers. Here, Madrick shares with us why government involvement in the economy is essential to ensure a robust, successful nation.

[AFL-CIO NOW BLOG] Government Grows the Economy: The AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 57 national and international labor unions and represents workers from all walks of life. Together, we seek to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.

[RBO] Loudon: Obama “Czar” Ron Bloom's Socialist Vision for US Industry ...: Three of the most influential union affiliated officials of the Obama administration have connections to Democratic Socialists of America — an organization whose “goal as socialists is to abolish private ownership of the means of production.”

[PA Labor Movement] PA Labor Movement: Rally for Clean Energy Jobs: As the G20 Summit began, the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign, the United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance held a Clean Energy Jobs rally in Pittsburgh last night to remind G20 leaders that transitioning to a clean energy economy will create jobs while reducing harmful carbon pollution and breaking our dependence on foreign oil.

[Romanticpoet's Weblog] Obama Manufacturing “Czar” Ron Bloom's Socialist Vision for US ...: The Steelworkers have some advice for industry execs on how to make sure there’s plenty for both shareholders and workers. The theme of this advice will be really quite simple - be hard-headed and pragmatic capitalists - run the companies and actively participate in the political process on the basis of what is good for your shareholders - and not based on outmoded nostrums about unions, free enterprise, deregulation, free markets and free trade.

[IMN] Kathy Mattea sings for Clean Energy Jobs - IMN - International ...: Scheduled speakers include Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and other elected officials, as well as leaders from the labor, business, faith, sportsmen and environmental communities. The event is free and open to the public.

[Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org] Voices against the G20 | SocialistWorker.org: and Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, former World Bank vice president and chief economist, and critic of global economic policies and bodies. The next day's event featured 10 issue circles that indicted the G20's policies and called for alternatives;

[Everyone's Blog Posts - Tea Party Patriots] Marxist Madness: Note that Green emphasises DSA's ties to USW-United Steel Workers of America- also that the list of speakers included four DSA members AFL-CIO president John Sweeney , Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich and David Bonior, plus Steel Workers .

[CCAN Blog] Pittsburgh to Host G-20 and G-20 Protests | CCAN Blog: The major one is taking place on Wednesday evening when the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign, the United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance will conclude their Clean Energy Jobs Tour with a rally beginning at 7 pm. The Jobs Tour, a month-long campaign with more than 50 events in 22 states, highlighted how a transition to a clean energy economy will create jobs while reducing harmful carbon pollution and our dependence on foreign oil.

[Beaver County Blue] Pittsburgh G20 First-Hand Report Diaries: Day Two « Beaver County Blue: They are very serious, from President Leo Gerard’s speeches down to the brochures in the lobby, about getting beyond traditional business unionism and fighting for a major green industrial policy and new structural reforms to get out of the economic crisis. Moreover, they want to do it in a way that benefits the entire working class.

[Blog Entries (for RSS)] From Hill District Pittsburgh - Where the real G20 action is ...: Bhumika Muchhala  from the Third World Network who had been speaking at the launch of the Social Watch 2009 report earlier that day said “It is a truly horrifying that during the worst recession the world has faced since the 1950s, the most powerful nations in the world are empowering the coffers of everything that is flawed about the global economic system?” In terms of representation the IMF, there is one representative for all 24 African countries while all members of the G8 have a representative each and the USA alone holds the power to veto any decisions made, she points out. While the G20 leaders committed to carrying out reform of the IMF, according to Bhumika, the fact that the money was handed over to the institution before any reform has taken place exposes a lack of any real commitment to bringing about this reform.

[Romanticpoet's Weblog] Obama's Socialist Appointees-Where is the Spotlight? Are ABC, NBC ...: In his remarks at the dinner, David Bonior stressed the importance of building social movements…to pressure the new Obama administration for bold progressive changes such as single-payer national health insurance, significant public investment in infrastructure and green technology, fair trade, progressive taxation, massive cuts in the military budget, ending the war in Iraq, and passing the Employee Free Choice Act.

[AFL-CIO NOW BLOG] AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | 'Keep It Made in America' Bus Tour Kicks Off: Auto parts suppliers drive economic growth in states across the country.  In 19 U.S. states, auto parts suppliers are either the top industrial employer, or among the top five industrial employers.  Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri are among the states on the “Keep it Made in America” tour.   

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