March 16, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on March 15.) WASHINGTON — On Thursday, March 31, working families, union leaders and community allies in cities across the country will hold events challenging Charles Schwab and other Wall Street firms to withdraw...
March 15, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 14.) A VOICE GROWS IN BROOKLYN—In a unanimous vote, workers at American Warehousing of New York decided last month to join Teamsters Local 805. The 45 warehouse workers, drivers and sorters load coffee and cacao beans onto...
March 9, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 9.) WASHINGTON — U.S. labor union locals are being audited by federal government inspectors in what officials say is part of a labor law enforcement campaign and union leaders charge is payback for opposing...
March 8, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on March 7.) PRIVATIZATION LOSES GROUND—More and more Americans disapprove of President George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization scheme, according to recent polls. A new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll released Feb. 28 showed in...
March 7, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Tina Moore appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 7.) PHILADELPHIA — Bus drivers, mechanics, janitors, and other members of SEPTA’s largest union bellowed a resounding “aye” yesterday when asked whether...
March 3, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on March 3.) WASHINGTON — I’m pleased that the AFL-CIO Executive Committee gave us a mandate to move ahead with a plan that increases the labor movement’s investment in helping workers organize, and greatly expands...
March 2, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 2.) LAS VEGAS — Democratic Party head Howard Dean met with top union leaders to plot a campaign to thwart President Bush’s Social Security reform plan. “The fate of the Democratic Party...
March 2, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Stephen Franklin was posted n the Chicago Tribune website on March 2.) LAS VEGAS — There’s little doubt, say leaders of the nation’s unions meeting here, that organized labor badly needs a fix for its woes. But divisions in...
March 1, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 28.) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS—The AFL-CIO Executive Council will examine ways to strengthen America’s union movement for the future and make the concerns of working families a top national priority at its March 1–3 winter...
March 1, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 1.) LAS VEGAS — The AFL-CIO began a crucial week for the direction of the U.S. labor movement with a “fierce” debate on how to head off internal dissent, reverse declining membership and increase its...
