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Audio interviews and podcasts
10/26/2011 - 10:51am
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IBEW District 2 international rep and executive vice president of the Mass AFL-CIO, Ed Collins, speaks to new energy at Mass AFL-CIO Convention coming from the renewed passion of middle class in the Occupy Movement and greater solidarity of labor amidst national fight back. Ed has a unique perspective on labor, social movements, and the new direction of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO.
10/26/2011 - 10:19am
Mass Common Ground News
Justin Desmond, a painter with District Council 35, Local 1138 and treasurer of the Pro Labor Alliance, is working on a new license plate to help union members to show their solidarity and promote unionism in Massachusetts. Listen to learn about the effort and find out how you can get a union license plate for your car.
10/13/2011 - 9:30am
Mass Common Ground News
Robert Haynes talks about his legacy as President of the Mass AFL-CIO and the challenges facing workers and unions in hard economic times.
10/08/2011 - 7:54am
Mass Common Ground News
President Tolman spoke with Mass Common Ground News about his passion for the labor movement; why he decided to leave his job as Senator and become President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; the importance of the AFL-CIO to America; what the Mass AFL-CIO has to do to turn things around; the reconstituted Mass AFL-CIO executive board; the downside of Change to Win and the need for solidarity; his involvement with the prevention prescription drug addiction as Senator; the impact of the decline of unions and the Occupy Wall Street movement.
10/06/2011 - 2:32pm
Mass Common Ground News
The Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO sat down with Mass. Common Ground News to discuss the AFL-CIO's recent endorsement of the Occupy Wall Street and the AFL-CIO's efforts to reach younger workers to help them understand what unions are all about.