July 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers circulated the following news release on July 6.) WASHINGTON — The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced an historic agreement that will bring nearly...
July 6, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 5.) WORKERS 2, RIGHT TO WORK 0—By a wide margin, more than 1,200 workers at Thomas Built Bus in High Point, N.C., defied the National Right to Work Committee and voted June 29 to join UAW. The workers chose the union in...
July 6, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Amanda Paulson was posted on the Christian Science Monitor website on July 6.) CHICAGO — In the world of unions, Angenita Tanner is something of a rare breed: a new member. She and her fellow home-based child-care workers in Illinois...
June 30, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following news release was issued by the National Labor College on June 29.) SILVER SPRING, Md. — Underscoring the commitment of union leaders, members, organizers, activists to education, leadership development and union building, the National Labor...
June 29, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 29.) SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Rapid Transit workers are set to walk off the job July 6 if they cannot agree with management on a new contract. Union leaders announced the strike deadline Tuesday...
June 28, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on June 27.) A VOICE, PART TWO—More than 320 workers at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Asheboro, N.C., once again chose to join the United Steelworkers. Last year, workers chose the union through a majority sign-up, in...
June 21, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on June 20.) WORKERS CHOOSE IBT—Nearly 300 workers in seven recent elections voted for a voice at work with the Teamsters. In San Diego, 175 packaging department workers at the Union Tribune voted to join Local 432M of the Graphic...
June 21, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Pete Yost on June 20.) WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney pledged Monday to do everything he can to hold the labor federation together amid a rift with some of the biggest unions in the country....
June 21, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Eric Arnesen was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on June 19. Arnesen is a professor and chair of the history department at the University of Illinois at Chicago.) CHICAGO — For an institution that is widely reported to be dead,...
June 16, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on June 16.) WASHINGTON — The likelihood of a schism in organized labor increased yesterday when five major unions formed a growth-oriented coalition and the presidents of four...
