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The Capital District Area Labor Federation has started two projects within the last year. The Community Roundtable and the Capital District Next Generation United. You can download a report on the Community Roundtable here. If your organization is interested in participating please let us know by calling 452-0404 or email us here.

The Next Generation United group is targeted at young workers, click here for a report. If you are a young worker or would like your organization to become a sponsor please give us a call at 452-0404 or email us here. Thank you for all you do!

Middle class working families are under attack in New York. One blog is fighting back. Check out We Are One NY. If you would like to be a blogger on We Are One NY please email Kevin Eitzmann at keitzmann.union@gmail.com.

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Starting tomorrow and continuing next week, jobless workers in 15 states who face cut off of their unemployment insurance (UI) Feb. 29 will ask members of Congress to “Walk a Mile in My Shoes.” The mobilization is aimed at lawmakers who are back in their districts for the President’s Day Recess that begins tomorrow, and it’s a partnership between USAction, the AFL-CIO, the National Employment Law Project (NELP), community and other groups. Read more >>>

More than six months ago, American Crystal Sugar Co. locked out more than 1,300 sugar beet workers in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota. Two months ago, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. locked out more than 1,000 workers in Findlay, Ohio. Last week, Caterpillar announced it would shut down a plant in Ontario, just over one month after locking out 500 workers. Rio Tinto Alcan locked out 750 workers in Quebec Jan. 1. HealthBridge locked out 800 nursing home workers in Connecticut in December. As Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos notes, “For evidence of a war on workers, look no further than the rise of the lockout.” Read more >>>

The $25 billion foreclosure settlement with five of the nation’s biggest banks, announced this morning by federal and state officials, is a “step in addressing the housing and foreclosure crisis that plagues our country,” says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Read more >>>

Mary Sullivan and Labor where down at Occupy Albany on Friday to show thier support for the occupiers.

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If you would like to know more about Occupy Albany check out thier we page at OccupyAlbany.org