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Welcome to the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention live blog. Comments will appear after moderation. See our comment guidelines here. You can participate in the discussion from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT (11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT).Check out the live blog after the jump.
Today, the following action sessions are taking place from 12:30–2 p.m. PDT. Check out the schedule after the jump, and don't forget to live-tweet using the hashtag #aflcio13.
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the AFL-CIO Convention took a few moments to remember the lives that were lost and the heroes who came to the rescue.
The way the media, corporations and the 1% talk about the economy is not only inaccurate, it is a means to maintain power for the wealthiest among us and keep working families powerless, delegates to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles declared today.The latest resolution passed at the convention describes the scope of the problem and announces a concrete plan to change the conversation.
At memorials and in schools, homes, and places of work across the country on Wednesday morning, Americans paused to remember those lost in the Sept. 11 attacks that shook the nation 12 years ago.At 8:46 a.m.
MIAMI -- Addressing her skeptics, Diana Nyad claimed the right to set the ground rules for future swims from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
As Americans pause again to remember those lost in the Sept. 11attacks 12 years ago, one town directly affected by the Sept. 11 attacks is celebrating a milestone.Organizers for the Shanksville, Penn.
Here's a snapshot of some of the top stories we're following Tuesday evening:Obama: US military ‘doesn’t do pinpricks’President Barack Obama told the country Tuesday night that Syria’s use of chemical weapons presented a danger to American security and violated the world’s “sense of common humanity.
SACRAMENTO — New sales of semi-automatic rifles with removable magazines would be banned in California under a bill passed by the Democratic-led state legislature on Tuesday, and those who already own such weapons would have to register them.
