After weeks of obstruction by Republican Senate leaders, millions of jobless workers who have or who will soon run out of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits may finally have a chance to grab an economic lifeline in the form of extended UI benefits. Read More>>

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has been fighting for health care reform for more than 50 years, and he’s seen the situation become even more dire over the past decade. In a great new op-ed, he explains the hard truths of our broken system and why we can’t wait any longer for health care reform: Read More>>

The Kenosha County AFL-CIO is the central labor council representing over 10,000 members of 36 unions in Kenosha County. The mission of the Kenosha County AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation.

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