June 16, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 16.) WASHINGTON — Unhappy with the shape of the labor movement under the existing AFL-CIO leadership, the heads of five of the federation’s largest affiliates said Wednesday they formed a...
June 16, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on June 15.) PHILADELPHIA — A city-paralyzing transit strike was averted yesterday as SEPTA and officials from its largest union said buses and trains would keep running after...
June 14, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 13.) WASHINGTON — Although some of the biggest unions oppose them, the AFL-CIO’s executive committee voted 17-7 Monday to support an organizing effort and political strategy backed by the labor...
June 14, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on June 13.) WASHINGTON — Five labor unions that are highly critical of John J. Sweeney, the president of the AFL-CIO, are planning to announce this week that they are forming a...
June 14, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on June 13.) THE BEST TO YOU—In Rome, Ga., workers at a Kellogg Co.’s manufacturing plant voted to join Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 25 recently. The 535 workers join more than 4,500 BCTGM members...
June 9, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following press release on June 8.) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate today confirmed 56-43 Janice Rogers Brown, one of President George W. Bush’s most extremist nominees, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit—the...
June 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on June 6.) SCHOOL WORKERS VOTE AFT—School support workers with the Douglas County, Colo., School District voted June 1 to join AFT. The 2,062 workers include instructional paraprofessionals, office employees, maintenance workers, bus...
June 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Betsy Taylor on June 7.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The president of the AFL-CIO said Monday he supports a plan to restructure the labor federation at a time when at least one powerful union is threatening to bolt...
June 2, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Melissa Nelson on June 1.) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Protesters claimed Wednesday in a rally on the steps of the state Capitol that Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer,...
June 1, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on May 31.) MORE THAN 400 JOIN TEAMSTERS—More than 200 medical lab assistants at Detroit Medical Center voted to join IBT Local 283 recently. In Hesperia, Calif., 133 bus drivers, mechanics and aides employed by Laidlaw Education...
