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Civil rights activists spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 30th Anniversary March on Washington entitled, “Jobs, Justice and Peace.” The march, whose participants suppor…

Various Democratic members of Congress leaders spoke to union leaders about Democratic efforts in such areas as the minimum wage, workplace safety and family leave legislation. They also emp…

Vice President Al Gore spoke about administration’s labor and economic policy and implored the audience to fight for Democratic election victories in 1996. The vice president gave his remark…

Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Marian Wright Edelman, Director of the Children’s Defense Fund, spoke to members of the United Auto Workers Union about the impact of a Republican-controlled C…

Vice President Al Gore and Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) spoke to a crowd advocating health care reform. Following several opening speakers, Senator Daschle, along with Representative Bonior, o…

United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber talks about the changing global economy and the impact it has on American workers. Mr. Bieber addressed the opening session of a union conference in…

President Bill Clinton was introduced by a union official via satellite. He addressed the union members concerning his health care reform plan and the benefits it would provide for working f…

Union leaders briefed reporters on their feelings concerning House passages of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). They stated that U.S. legislators who voted for the agreement …

Witnesses testified concerning the North American Free Trade Agreement and its long-term effects on the U.S. economy. REP. Jim Kolbe, R-Arizona testified that NAFTA would reduce tariffs in …

Senator Feingold, freshman senator from Wisconsin, spoke to a national conference of the United Auto Workers on current issues relating to the U.S. economy. In his remarks, he criticized the…

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala spoke to a legislative conference of the United Auto Workers on President Bill Clinton’s positions on current social issues, including he…

Mr. Wilhelm, manager of the 1992 Clinton for President campaign, spoke to a meeting of the United Auto Workers to acclaim the political power of labor as evidenced by the results of the 1992…

Witnesses testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade about supplemental agreements to the North American Free Trade Agreement. If ratified by Canada, Mexico, and the Uni…

Harold Poling, Ford Motor Company CEO and Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers President responded to questions from reporters shortly after meeting with President-elect Bill Clinton. Mr. Poling…

Economists and business leaders continued to discuss economic issues in the economic conference sponsored by the Clinton presidential transition in the Robinson Convention Center. Issues rai…

The committee heard testimony on a bill that would seek to discourage American companies from relocating their operations to foreign countries. Representatives of the United Auto Workers tes…

Members of the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from witnesses on the trade agreements that was reached during President George H. W. Bush trip to Japan. Witnesses testified about th…

Several representatives of labor unions and labor scholars participated in a forum sponsored by the AFL-CIO on technology and labor issues of the next century, entitled "Software and Hard Ha…

Speakers on the second panel of the AFL-CIO sponsored forum, “Software and Hardhats: Technology and U.S. Workers,” continued to discuss labor issues of the 21st century. Issues discussed dur…

Representative Dick Gephardt (D-MO), House Majority Leader, addressed an AFL-CIO sponsored forum entitled, “Software and Hardhats: Technology and American Workers in the 20th Century.” He cr…