January 20, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article by T. Shawn Taylor on its website on January 20.) CHICAGO — Is overtime really over for some of us? The final showdown over the Bush administration’s proposed rewrite of overtime eligibility rules begins...
January 20, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Nancy Cleeland was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on January 20.) LOS ANGELES — The AFL-CIO is taking control of national strategy for the California supermarket strike and lockout, assigning two veterans of labor wars to turn...
January 15, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Inter Press Service circulated the following story by Katherine Stapp on January 14.) NEW YORK — An electronic technician with the U.S. Navy, John Garrity has two young children and another on the way. He often works extra hours to help make ends meet, but...
January 14, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Edmond Jacoby appeared on the North County Times website on January 11.) NORTH COUNTY, Calif. — The outcome of the Southern California grocery clerks strike may depend less on a meeting of the minds between employers and employees than on...
January 13, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on January 12.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 479 New members reported in WIP year-to-date: 479 WORKERS WIN WITH SEIU–In December, majorities of 250 aides, support staff and other caregivers at four Oregon...
January 12, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on January 12.) LOS ANGELES — Four days of secret, informal negotiations between striking Southern California grocery workers and their employers ended on Sunday without success, a union spokeswoman said....
January 9, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following story by Frank Green appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on January 8.) SAN DIEGO — Retail analysts say the 88-day-old Southern California grocery strike and lockout probably will end in the next month or so as mounting pressures on...
January 6, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on January 5.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 1,277 New members reported in WIP for 2003: 142,268 ORLANDO WORKERS CHOOSE SEIU–A large majority of 945 city of Orlando, Fla., workers voted to join SEIU 1199FL in...
January 6, 2004 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Kirstin Downey was posted on the Washington Post website on January 6.) WASHINGTON — The Labor Department plans to issue a controversial final rule changing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime provisions by the end of March,...
December 23, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article was distributed by Press Associates Inc. on December 22.) WASHINGTON — Labor will use Congress’ month-long recess to resume and increase its campaign against President George W. Bush’s plan to cut the eligibility of at least 8...
