Requesting Consultations with China on Export Restraints on Rare Earth Minerals, Other Products; Signing Legislation to Ensure that Government Can Apply Countervailing Duties to Subsidized Chinese Products Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  This statement was released today by United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard: “President Obama and Ambassador Kirk[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  As president, Barack Obama has placed his faith in America’s working men and women to lead our country to economic recovery and to our full potential as a nation.  With our endorsement today, we affirm our faith in him—and pledge to work with him through the[Read More…]

Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is at it again. In addition to playing a major role in the right-wing war on women, the all-male hierarchy of the Catholic Church is trying to silence an organization dedicated to helping women[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  The following Op-Ed by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom appeared in the Washington Post today.  An alliance the world can count on By Barack Obama and David Cameron Seven decades ago, as our forces began to turn the tide[Read More…]

Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Friends, Park Foresters, Countrymen: I have left the Facebook group ‘Grew Up In Park Forest‘ for good. Here’s why. I posted this in a stream of comments not too long ago: I’m about to leave the group. There have been nasty personal attacks that have nothing[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012.  Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement after the release of the monthly jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicating the economy added 227,000 jobs in February 2012: “Today’s report marks two full years of job growth[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012 – Despite the addition of 227,000 jobs to the overall economy last month, the latest construction jobs numbers released today by the U.S. Department of Labor reveal that unemployment in the construction industry remains high at 17.1 percent. Nationwide, 1.4 million construction workers are still looking[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2012.  Our wounded economy continues to show positive signs of growth, but it will take some time before the benefits reach many middle-class and working poor families. In the face of so many headwinds, we need a far stronger commitment to robust policy action to create enough[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2012.  While most debates about the next steps the Occupy movement should take naturally occur among those already engaged in the movement, one population that needs to be further engaged, if the May 1st national general strike (and other Occupy spring and summer related activities) are to succeed and this movement[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America sharply criticized Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for signing a mandatory ultrasound law that will deny Virginia women access to individualized reproductive health care and further hurt women seeking a safe and legal abortion in Virginia. In signing this bill, Governor McDonnell[Read More…]