June 4, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following statemen on June 4.) The legislation passed yesterday by the House and championed by the Republicans which creates a demonstration program for “personal reemployment accounts” (PRAs) is a smoke and mirrors public...
June 2, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on June 1.) New members reported in this week’s WIP; 2,248 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 61,929 TEAMING UP–Some 798 employees of Caesars Indiana Riverboat Casino and Hotel in Elizabeth, Ind., won a voice on...
May 26, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following report by Carolyn Said appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on May 26.) SAN FRANCISCO — SBC Communications Inc. and the union representing 100,000 of its employees in 13 states reached tentative accord on a contract very early Tuesday...
May 25, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on May 24.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 2,154 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 59,681 A SUNNY WIN—The 1,200 maintenance workers and custodians at the University of Florida in Gainesville voted May 19...
May 21, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 21.) SAN ANTONIO — After a late-evening shift answering directory-assistance calls, Elinda Belous answered the call of her union. Belous was one of nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications Inc....
May 19, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Greg Keenan appeared on the Globe and Mail website on May 19.) TORONTO — Buzz Hargrove has been in precisely this position before — backed up against the wall by an embattled airline demanding that his members agree to wage and...
May 18, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on May 17.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 2,019 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 57,527 A LOUD VOICE—A total of 1,505 workers gained a voice recently with United Food and Commercial Workers. Some 680 workers...
May 13, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on May 12.) WASHINGTON — A new television advertising campaign launched today by the AFL-CIO takes the message of the nation’s pressing domestic issues to the airwaves. The ad will air for one week in two states,...
May 12, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story on May 12.) WASHINGTON — The head of the largest labor group in the United States said he had accepted a senior Chinese official’s invitation to visit China and see for himself the conditions that workers face....
May 11, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on May 10.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 211 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 55,508 A VOICE ON THE JOB—After a spirited worker and community campaign, 100 workers at Livingston Manor nursing home in...
