April 12, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on April 11.) BREAKTHROUGH AT DHL—More than 200 workers at five DHL-contracted package delivery companies in the Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, areas joined the Teamsters in a series of elections in late March and early April. In...
April 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by John Wagner and Michael Barbaro was posted on the Washington Post website on April 6.) WASHINGTON — Maryland lawmakers yesterday approved legislation that would effectively require Wal-Mart to boost spending on health care, a direct...
April 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following article on April 6.) WASHINGTON — As part of his crusade to privatize the nation’s oldest and most reliable guaranteed retirement income program, President Bush yesterday traveled to the Bureau of the Public Debt in...
April 6, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Steven Greenhouse appeared on the New York Times website on April 3.) NEW YORK — Led by Wal-Mart’s longtime opponents in organized labor, a new coalition of about 50 groups – including environmentalists, community...
April 6, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on April 5.) WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO stands firmly in support of the campaign to improve working conditions for Washington University employees. On Monday, more than 20 courageous students began a sit-in at the main campus...
April 6, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Jonathan D. Glater appeared on the New York Times website on April 6.) NEW YORK — The wave of asbestos litigation that led to loud calls for legislation appears to have passed at least for now. The number of claims filed against one of...
April 5, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on April 4.) RUTGERS EDUCATORS JOIN AFT—The Rutgers Council of the American Association of University Professors voted to affiliate with AFT and the New Jersey State AFL-CIO last week. The 2,700 faculty members, graduate and teaching...
April 5, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Steve Hargreaves appeared at CNN.com on April 4.) NEW YORK — Labor groups trying not to let Wal-Mart steal the spotlight this week denounced the retailer’s business practices Monday, a day before Wal-Mart kicks off a two-day media...
April 5, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on April 4.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, representing a million working people of Pennsylvania, joins in honoring the memory and legacy of Pope John Paul II, one of the greatest humanitarians of our...
April 4, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Timothy Spence appeared on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website on April 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney yesterday accused the Bush administration of seeking to “cut the guts out of Social Security” and...
