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Fast Track Is Dead Today Saturday, June 30, 2007 : Quick note on a happy event: Fast Track trade-promotion authority expires today. Fast Track allows the president to push through trade deals with no amendments from Congress, such as those that would ensure the deals don't destroy good U.S. jobs....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 5:59pm PDT
Committee Approves Bill Pushing FAA Back to Bargaining Table Saturday, June 30, 2007 : It's time for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to get back to the bargaining table and resume contract talks with the nation's air traffic controllers, says the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Yesterday, the committee approved the FAA reauthorization bill that includes a provision to renew bargaining....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 7:58am PDT
WSJ Reporters Walk Out to Protect Paper's Integrity, Gain Fair Contract Saturday, June 30, 2007 : Reporters for The Wall Street Journal did not show up for work Thursday morning in a half-day "stay out" to protest the expected sale of the paper's owner, Dow Jones, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and management's push to limit pay and cut back health care in contract talks....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 7:57am PDT
Paycheck Fairness Act Makes Huge Strides after 10 Years of Republican Opposition Saturday, June 30, 2007 : For the past 10 years, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) has introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the huge pay gap between the salaries of men and women. In 2006, women earned about 77 percent of what men did....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 7:57am PDT
Northern California Worker Center Joins Local AFL-CIO Saturday, June 30, 2007 : The Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland, Calif., is the first local worker center in the Golden State to affiliate with a local AFL-CIO central body....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 7:56am PDT
US Senate Republicans block union-sponsored bill Saturday, June 30, 2007 :In a near party-line vote Tuesday, the Senate rejected a proposal to take up the Employee Free Choice Act, an AFL-CIO-sponsored bill that would have removed some of the procedural obstacles used by corporations to thwart union organizing drives. The 51-48 vote fell nine short of the 60 required to end debate and force a vote on the legislation....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 7:52am PDT
Senate Bill Would Provide Paid Family Leave Thursday, June 28, 2007 : Yesterday we reported on the thousands and thousands of workers who told the U.S. Department of Labor that the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) has made significant differences in their lives by allowing them unpaid time off during illnesses and birth or adoption of children....
Posted: Fri, Jun 29, 2007 7:09am PDT
At 150, NEA faces tough education issues Friday, June 29, 2007 : The nation’s largest union, the National Education Association, returns to the city where it was founded in 1857 to hold its annual meeting and representative assembly, June 30-July 5....
Posted: Fri, Jun 29, 2007 7:03am PDT
US: Northwest Airlines cancels flights amid pilot shortage Thursday, June 28, 2007 :Northwest Airlines has cancelled hundreds of flights in the US in recent days, amidst a shortage of pilots and other problems brought on by downsizing and cost-cutting. Tens of thousands of passengers have already been affected in major disruptions that are expected to continue at least through the weekend....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 10:32pm PDT
Women Textile Workers in Egypt Rally for Rights Thursday, June 28, 2007 : Veteran labor communicator Ray Abernathy is traveling in Egypt, where he is meeting with workers to hear their struggles for justice and sending dispatches to AFL-CIO Now ....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 9:15pm PDT
Hill Leaders Wish Fast End to Fast Track Thursday, June 28, 2007 : They say you shouldn't speak ill of the dead or near dead. But when a group of senators, representatives, union members, environmentalists, faith groups and others gathered on Capitol Hill today at a rally to bid farewell to President Bush's Fast Track Trade Mike Hallity, which is set to expire June 30, there were no kind words....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 9:14pm PDT
House Committee: Take This Job Ruling and Shove It Thursday, June 28, 2007 : The U.S. Supreme Court on May 30 said Lilly Ledbetter didn't act fast enough in filing a suit over nearly two decades of pay discrimination at an Alabama Goodyear plant....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 9:11pm PDT
SEIU hears from the staff at La Raza Centro Legal June 27, 2007
Service Employees International Union
Andrew Stern, International President
Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Kay Henry, Executive Vice President
Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President
Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President
Tom Woodruff, Executive Vice President
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
RE: We oppose our International Union’s support of the Senate immigration bill....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 5:07pm PDT
Wal-Mart's China Imports Cost Nearly 200,000 U.S. Jobs Wednesday, June 27, 2007 : Wal-Mart's imports from China led to loss of nearly 200,000 U.S. jobs from 2001-2006. Wal-Mart claims it creates jobs across America, but a new report shows a much different reality....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:06pm PDT
Even Bush's Labor Dept. Finds Huge Support for Family and Medical Leave Wednesday, June 27, 2007 : When the Department of Labor in December asked workers and employers to comment on their experiences with regulations that implement the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), many observers believed it was the first step by the Bush administration to revise the rules to restrict access to family leave—as big business has clamored for since it was enacted in 1993....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:05pm PDT
Majority Of Senators Vote To Protect A Worker's Voice On The Job Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : For the first time ever, a majority of Senators voted today to protect a worker's voice on the job. The 51-48 vote marks the Senate's greatest support ever for the Employee Free Choice Act....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:02am PDT
Take Action: Starbucks Barista Homeless After Racist Demotion Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : Sisters and Brothers: Simone Gordon and the IWW Starbucks Workers Union [StarbucksUnion.org] need your solidarity now. Ms. Gordon is homeless and on welfare after Starbucks demoted her from shift supervisor to barista on New Year’s Day and cut her schedule to a stunning five hours per week....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:58am PDT
Egyptian Labor-Support Organization Banned After Strike Actions Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : Veteran labor communicator Ray Abernathy is traveling in Egypt, where he is meeting with workers to hear their struggles for justice. Below is Abernathy's first dispatch from Egypt....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:56am PDT
Handful of Senators Deny Employee Free Choice-For Now Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : The battle for the Employee Free Choice Act moves to the 2008 election after a handful of obstructionist senators have blocked a vote on the bill. On a vote of 51-48, the Senate voted for cloture, that is, shutting off debate. Sixty votes were needed to invoke cloture and end the debate and move to a vote on the bill....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:54am PDT
The sit-downers did everything they did for nothing --Flint Delphi worker UAW moves to ram through massive Delphi concessions Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :The United Auto Workers bureaucracy is attempting to force through rank-and-file ratification of the recently announced contract with auto parts maker Delphi, which cuts wages by half and imposes unprecedented health and pension benefit concessions. With locals holding votes Wednesday and Thursday, workers are being given scant time to consider the far-reaching significance of the agreement and mobilize against it....
Posted: Tue, Jun 26, 2007 11:31pm PDT
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