March 1, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Rachel Osterman was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on March 1.) LAS VEGAS — When Alma Lugo de Escobar packed up her belongings in San Diego and moved to this desert city, it wasn’t the gambling, the glitter or the bright...
February 25, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on February 24.) LAS VEGAS — With several unions threatening to bolt the A.F.L.-C.I.O., John J. Sweeney, the federation’s president, said yesterday that he would support...
February 25, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 24.) LONDON, W.Va. — United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts and nine others were arrested Thursday during a protest of a federal bankruptcy ruling that will cause thousands of...
February 24, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on February 24.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retail giant Wal-Mart tops the list of companies in Alabama that have employees with children on the state health care program for uninsured children funded by Medicaid, the...
February 23, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 22.) ELATED AT ELANT—Nearly 600 caregivers at four Elant nursing homes in Orange County, N.Y., gained a voice on the job last week when they voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU District 1199NY. EDUCATION WORKERS WIN A...
February 23, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on February 22.) WASHINGTON — We urge the Department of Labor Inspector General to conduct a thorough review of the sweetheart deal between DOL and Wal-Mart that compromises the welfare of Wal-Mart employees....
February 17, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article by Susan Cornwell on February 16.) WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO labor group is “deeply disturbed” by calls from some senators and business interests to reopen parts of a plan to create an asbestos compensation...
February 15, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on February 14.) DOCTORS, LAW WORKERS GO UNION—A unit of more than 230 doctors at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y., affiliated their independent Attending Physicians Association with SEIU Local 10MD recently. Meanwhile,...
February 11, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 10.) “The decision by Wal-Mart to close their Jonquiere, Canada store instead of recognizing the basic rights of its employees shows, once again, the company’s stark hostility to worker protections. That Wal-Mart...
February 11, 2005 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following statement on February 10.) WASHINGTON — The astronomical 2004 trade deficit is one record that holds no pride for America’s working families. The $618 billion gap between the overall value of our exports and imports represents a...
