Coming to You Live from Pittsburgh: Labor Notes Covers the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention.

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Labor Notes' Mischa Gaus and Jane Slaughter bring you on-the-spot reporting from the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh. Stay tuned for regular dispatches from the convention floor, the hallways and corridors, and anywhere troublemakers are gathering.

Video: Fighting Wage Theft in New York

Sweatshop-coddling, on Steroids

Lean Production Is Alive and Well in Mexico

Despite many expressions of support and much advocacy for a single-payer health plan, it hasn't captivated the country in the lengthy health care debate nor moved a bill through Congress. The onus is on single-payer supporters to “take a step back," an AFL staffer argued.

Should Single-Payer Activists Back Down?

Movers and Shakers

More Ford Workers Voting No

Tom Flook of IUPAT Local 6 calls on Senator Arlen Specter during a rally in Pittsburgh. Photo: AFL-CIO.

AFL-CIO Convention: Free Choice Confusion, Invisible to Delegates

AFL-CIO Convention: Two Health Care Resolutions; Everybody's Happy

The premiere of Michael Moore's new film "Capitalism: A Love Story" followed a noisy march from the AFL-CIO convention to a theater down the street. Photo: Jim West | jimwestphoto.com

AFL-CIO Convention: Having Some Fun with Capitalism

AFL-CIO Convention: We'd Like to Thank the Academy...