December 9, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 8.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 2,397 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 135,197 WINDY CITY WINS–More than 1,000 building service workers, including janitors and security guards...
December 4, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 3.) Dear Working Families e-Activist: You’re fantastic! Two days ago, we set a goal of collecting 100,000 signatures this week on the petition opposing President Bush’s overtime pay take-away. Already,...
December 4, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 3.) MIAMI — The AFL-CIO asked Wednesday for state and federal investigations into police conduct during protests outside the Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting last month. A letter to U.S....
December 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following is a letter from Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO.) Dear Working Families e-Activist: Everything important that working families have won during the last 100 years was won by or with the help of the unions that America’s workers formed...
December 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(San Diego television station 10News posted the following report on its website on December 2.) SAN DIEGO — The two sides in the supermarket strike resumed negotiations Tuesday with the help of a federal mediator, 10News reported. The work stoppage began with...
December 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Diane E. Lewis was posted on the Boston Globe website on December 3.) BOSTON — Labor leaders around the country will hold a day of protest next week in response to US employers’ increased resistance to union organizing efforts,...
December 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Association of Flight Attendants issued the following news release on December 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, voted to join forces with the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, in a historic vote that...
December 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 1.) New members reported in this week’s WIP: 806 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 132,800 NURSING HOME WINS–In late November, 500 employees at 10 nursing homes throughout Oregon voted to join...
December 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 1.) WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO is suing the Bush administration in an effort to block a new regulation that requires the nation’s largest labor unions to disclose financial details, such as...
November 26, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following statement on November 25.) Today’s Senate approval of the partisan Medicare drug plan is a major setback for the 41 million beneficiaries of the program. When seniors learn more about the plan’s details, they will demand...
