August 17, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on August 16.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,275 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 77,363 JOINING UP IN NEW MEXICO—Using a majority verification process, some 1,000 state workers in New Mexico have...
August 17, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on August 16.) WASHINGTON — A new website designed to help workers who are concerned they could lose their overtime protection under the Bush Administration’s new regulation will be unveiled during a press...
August 11, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 11.) CHICAGO — From union swing voters to retirees, organized labor is trying to wring out every vote possible for John Kerry in November. No detail is too small for labor leaders here this week,...
August 10, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on August 9.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,832 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 76,088 HOT SUMMER FOR SEIU—Nearly 1,000 aides, LPNs, dietary workers and other support and service workers in nursing...
August 3, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on August 2.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,431 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 74,256 PECO AND COURT WORKERS CHOOSE IBEW—A strong majority of 1,100 workers at the Philadelphia Electric Co.’s (PECO)...
July 27, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on July 26.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 701 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 72,825 GET ME INFORMATION—Some 652 workers recently won a voice on the job with AFSCME. The 282 workers in the...
July 23, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 23.) LOS ANGELES — Thousands of additional dockworkers are needed at the nation’s largest port complex to cope with a crush of cargo traffic that has caused delays and threatens to undermine...
July 21, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on July 21.) NEW YORK — Nearly half of the nation’s air traffic controllers will reach the mandatory retirement age in the next decade, according to government estimates,...
July 20, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
DELIVERING A VOICE–Seeking job security, 150 ramp workers and weights-and-measures operations workers at DHL’s facility at Los Angeles International Airport voted by a wide margin for Teamsters Local 986 on July 13. Another 26 workers at Rochester (N.Y.)...
July 13, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on July 12.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,341 New members reported in WIP, year-to-date: 71,793 PRIDE OF ALOHA–The Seafarers and the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association celebrated the July 4...
