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UNIONS HELP FORM LARGE COALITION TO PUT UNIVERSAL AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ATOP CAMPAIGN, 2009 AGENDA
UNIONS HELP FORM LARGE COALITION TO PUT UNIVERSAL AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ATOP CAMPAIGN, 2009 AGENDA By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer               WASHINGTON (PAI)--The nation’s unions, including the United Food and...
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jul 11, 2008

TRUMKA TO WORKERS: LOOK PAST OBAMA’S RACE TO HIS ECONOMICS
TRUMKA TO WORKERS: LOOK PAST OBAMA’S RACE TO HIS ECONOMICS       LAS VEGAS (PAI)--Taking on an electoral problem usually mentioned in whispers, or avoided completely, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka has challenged white voters who have doubts about Sen....
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jul 11, 2008

AFL-CIO LAUNCHES NEW UNION VETERANS GROUP WITH ELECTION, LOBBYING FOCUS
AFL-CIO LAUNCHES NEW UNION VETERANS GROUP WITH ELECTION, LOBBYING FOCUS          WASHINGTON (PAI)--Saying that unionists who are veterans should band together to protect their interests as veterans as well as their interests as workers, the AFL-CIO...
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jul 11, 2008

Think it's easy to form a union? Better think again
Have you seen the ads? Center for Union Facts, a business-funded anti-union group, has been running a pair of television ads in Oregon and several other states. One uses humor, the other sarcasm, but their key message is that "union bosses" are trying to change federal law to force people to join unions without a secret ballot election.
News Item  ·  Northwest Labor Press  ·  Jul 10, 2008

REFLECTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM
Independence Day, 2008 REFLECTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM by Mark Gruenberg     Another Independence Day has been celebrated, complete with the now-familiar rituals of parades, pompous speeches, fireworks, pompous speeches, backyard barbeques, and still more speeches--many...
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jul 5, 2008

Wal-Mart violated worker rights more than 2 million times, Minnesota judge rules
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, violated the law more than 2 million times over a six-year period by denying workers time for breaks and forcing them to work "off the clock" for no pay, a Minnesota judge has ruled.
News Item  ·  Workday Minnesota  ·  Jul 3, 2008

JOINT BARGAINING, ORGANIZING TOP GOALS OF STEEL WORKERS-BRITISH UNION PACT
JOINT BARGAINING, ORGANIZING TOP GOALS OF STEEL WORKERS-BRITISH UNION PACT   LAS VEGAS (PAI)--Joint bargaining and organizing across the Atlantic Ocean, presenting multi-national corporations with a multi-national union arrayed to battle for its workers, are the top goals of the new pact...
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jul 3, 2008

Fed. Court Finds Sites Not Responsible for Comments
Fed. Court Finds Sites Not Responsible for Comments by Jason Lefkowitz Many union communicators are interested in embracing the new “Web 2.0” world of interactive Web services such as blogs and forums, where users are invited to post their own thoughts instead of being...
News Item  ·  CtWConnect/Jason Lefkowitz  ·  Jul 2, 2008

AFL-CIO ENDORSES OBAMA
AFL-CIO ENDORSES OBAMA By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer     WASHINGTON (PAI)--As expected--it just took time for emotions to cool and to round up the needed votes--the AFL-CIO on the afternoon of June 26 announced it endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidency....
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jun 28, 2008

USWA'S GERARD, AUSTRALIAN UNION LEADER: WRONG ENERGY BILL COULD DEVASTATE MANUFACTURING
USWA’S GERARD, AUSTRALIAN UNION LEADER: WRONG ENERGY BILL COULD DEVASTATE MANUFACTURING By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer     WASHINGTON (PAI)--The wrong type of energy legislation could devastate manufacturing, causing even more high-paying industrial jobs to shift to low-wage...
News Item  ·  PAI  ·  Jun 27, 2008

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