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The Capital District Area Labor Federation has started two projects within the last year. The Community Roundtable and the Capital District Next Generation United. You can download a report on the Community Roundtable here. If your organization is interested in participating please let us know by calling 452-0404 or email us here.

The Next Generation United group is targeted at young workers, click here for a report. If you are a young worker or would like your organization to become a sponsor please give us a call at 452-0404 or email us here. Thank you for all you do!

Middle class working families are under attack in New York. One blog is fighting back. Check out We Are One NY. If you would like to be a blogger on We Are One NY please email Kevin Eitzmann at keitzmann.union@gmail.com.

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In December, after being battered in the arena of public opinion, House Republicans reluctantly agreed to a short extension of unemployment insurance (UI) for the nation’s jobless workers. That reprieve runs out Feb. 29 and House Republicans are set to relaunch their attack on UI. A conference is now underway between the Senate and House over two very different one-year extensions of the UI program passed late last year and the Republican bill would “slash federal benefits, impose harsh new restrictions and move to dismantle the essential lifeline of unemployment insurance,” writes Mitchell Hirsch of the National Employment Law Project (NELP). Read more >>>

There’s income inequality, and then there’s the United States. New research shows that within the developed world, no nation has seen the income share of the top 1 percent grow faster over the past three decades than the United States.

 

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Mary Sullivan and Labor where down at Occupy Albany on Friday to show thier support for the occupiers.

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If you would like to know more about Occupy Albany check out thier we page at OccupyAlbany.org