Student loan borrowers shared a collective sigh of relief Friday afternoon when the House and Senate worked out a deal to halt student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1.
Mark King considers the bachelor’s degree in labor studies that he received Saturday at the National Labor College’s ( NLC 's) class of 2012 commencement as his “keys to the kingdom.”
King, a New Hampshire school librarian and AFT member, was one of 78 graduates from 25 unions and the AFL-CIO community affiliate, Working America, who received degrees at the Silver Spring campus. He was elected class speaker of the NLC’s 14th graduating class by his peers.
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Manny Herrmann, AFL-CIO online mobilization coordinator, details the extent to which the Republican budget proposal would hurt working families.
Pop Quiz: What would America look like under Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) radical tea party-inspired budget?
It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.
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