May 4, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on May 3.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,056 New members reported in WIP, year-to-date: 55,297 GAINING A VOICE–Some 750 medical technicians at the University of Washington (UW) Medical Center, Haborview...
May 3, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on April 30.) ST. LOUIS — More than 300,000 visitors saw “America at Its Best,” courtesy of the annual AFL-CIO Union-Industries Show at the America’s Center in St. Louis, April 23-26. The show...
April 29, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on April 28.) Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao missed an opportunity today to guarantee American workers that not a single one of them would lose overtime pay rights under the new Bush Administration’s overtime regulations. Instead,...
April 29, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on April 28.) The Bush administration’s decision to turn down the AFL-CIO’s 301 workers’ rights petition is an outrage and an insult to American and Chinese workers. It shows decisively that this Administration will only enforce U.S....
April 28, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Leigh Strope on April 28.) WASHINGTON — The Labor Department, facing political heat over new overtime pay rules, is creating a new enforcement task force it says will focus on protecting workers’...
April 28, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Jean Spenner appeared on The Saginaw News website on April 28.) SAGINAW, Mich. — Workers from around Saginaw County will pause Wednesday — Workers Memorial Day — to remember those who have died from work-related injuries or...
April 27, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on April 26.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 4,504 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 54,241 IN THE CARDS—Some 1,390 workers voted to join AFSCME, including 486 administrative assistants working for the...
April 21, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on April 21.) WASHINGTON — Facing a deluge of criticism in an election year, the Bush administration yesterday scaled back its plans to deny overtime coverage to hundreds of...
April 20, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued the following statement on April 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ignoring the protests of millions of American families and defying the wishes of Congress, the Bush Administration has pressed forward with new overtime regulations...
April 16, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on April 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many executive pay packages rose dramatically over the last year as a result of compensation committee directors who approved excessive deals despite CEOs’ poor performance and...
