“Brotherhood Outdoors,” the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA‘s) union-dedicated hunting and fishing TV show, was honored with the 2011 Sportsman Choice Award as best combination (hunting and fishing) show. More than 140,000 viewers of the Sportsman Channel cast ballots for the network’s best outdoors show

The red-carpet glamor and prestige of the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards last night put the pre-Oscar spotlight on the cast of “The Help” in the theatrical motion picture category, with actors themselves choosing the best of the best.

You’ve got to check this out…it’s meant for kids, but, really, how can you go wrong at a website that rocks noisy engine revs, animated potato chips and full-color awesomeness?

Eleanor Trice at Union Plus sent us this.

Union members and their children can apply for the Union Plus Scholarship, offering scholarship awards from $500 to $4,000. This year’s scholarship deadline is soon:  Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

“Brotherhood Outdoors,” the unique hunting and fishing television series of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), kicks off its second season Thursday night on the Sportsman Channel, with Indiana Ironworkers member Jessica Reagor on a California wild hog hunt.

Activists in Wisconsin, shown here, launched a year of protests in 2011 against injustice, economic inequality and blatant attacks on the ability of working people to form unions and collectively bargain for a solid, middle-class life.

Occupy Justice, Wherever You Are!

Seasons Greetings from

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker

Along with holiday cheer, you can share some holiday justice with the AFL-CIO’s holiday e-card. Just click here. Choose the number of people you want to send the card to, enter their names and e-mail addresses and your name and e-mail.

Who do you trust? When it comes to honesty and ethics, most of us trust nurses, according to the annual Gallup poll on how people view various professions. The survey found that 84 percent rate nurses “very high” or “high” on honesty and ethical standards. That’s the 12th time in 13 years nurses have been ranked first.

While Republicans in Congress were busy undermining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB was busy doing its job.