July 27, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on July 26.) CHICAGO — AFL-CIO delegates voted on Tuesday to nearly double spending to recruit new members, a day after two of its key unions severed ties to the labor federation complaining about declining membership....
July 27, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 27.) CHICAGO — The two giant unions that quit the A.F.L.-C.I.O. say their exodus will help revive the labor movement. But Greg Devereux, one of the 800 delegates at the...
July 26, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 25.) IOWA CARE GIVERS VOTE AFSCME–More than 2,500 home care workers in Iowa voted to join AFSCME Council 61 earlier this month. Their yearlong fight for a voice received a boost July 4 when Gov. Thomas Vilsack (D)...
July 25, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 25.) CHICAGO — Organized labor is at war with itself as the Teamsters and a major service employees’ union decide to bolt from the AFL-CIO, paving the way for two other groups to sever ties in...
July 25, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 24.) CHICAGO — Leaders of four of the country’s largest labor unions announced on Sunday that they would boycott this week’s AFL-CIO convention, and...
July 20, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 20.) WASHINGTON — Leaders of several dissident unions warned yesterday that they might shun next week’s A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Chicago unless the labor...
July 20, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on July 19.) WASHINGTON — America’s union members and leaders will come together at Chicago’s Navy Pier July 25-28 for the convention marking the 50th anniversary of the merger of the AFL and the CIO. Over 900...
July 19, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 18.) VICTORY AT QUEBECOR–After a two-year global fight to win justice for workers at Quebecor World, 207 workers at the printing giant’s Fernley, Nev., plant won a voice at work with the Graphic Communications...
July 12, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(UnionVoice.org issued the following on July 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut just fined Wal-Mart for child labor law violations. And in January, Wal-Mart agreed to pay $134,540 after being cited for child labor violations in Connecticut, Arkansas and New...
July 12, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 11.) COMCAST WORKERS CHOOSE CWA—A unit of 118 technicians and warehouse workers employed by Comcast Corp. in Farmers Branch, Texas, overcame the company’s tough anti-union campaign and voted for representation by...
