October 13, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by Kevin Krolicki on October 12.) LOS ANGELES — The union representing some 70,000 Southern California grocery workers called a strike against Safeway Inc.’s Vons and two rival supermarket chains responded Sunday by...
October 10, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published the following story on its website on October 10.) SEATTLE — Linda Chavez-Thompson joined the work force at 10, weeding cotton fields in South Texas for 30 cents an hour. Nearly 50 years later, she stands as perhaps the...
October 9, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Will Lester on October 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organized labor is stepping up its effort to educate, register and mobilize blacks, Hispanics, women and young voters — using a model that proved so...
October 9, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jim Abrams on October 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House voted Wednesday to allow businesses to pay less into workers’ pension plans over the next two years, saying companies needed the $26 billion in relief...
October 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on October 3.) The Bush Administration’s announcement today that it will force overly-burdensome new financial reporting rules on unions is yet more evidence of the Administration’s blind determination to weaken...
October 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on October 5.) WASHINGTON — Labor leaders have sharply criticized new financial disclosure regulations that the Labor Department issued on Friday, asserting that the Bush...
October 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following Reuters report appeared at CNN.com on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organized labor scored a rare victory in the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday when lawmakers opposed a Bush administration proposal that foes say could...
October 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following press release on October 2.) Today the House courageously rejected the Bush assault on overtime. The Senate rejected the Bush assault on overtime and nearly three-quarters of the American people overwhelmingly rejected the Bush...
October 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following article by Juliet Eilperin on October 3.) WASHINGTON — In a sharp rebuff to the Bush administration, the House reversed course yesterday and voted to oppose the White House’s efforts to rewrite overtime pay...
October 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 1.) WASHINGTON — Dick Gephardt picked up the backing of his 15th labor union Wednesday, a day after the AFL-CIO dealt a blow to the Democratic presidential candidate by postponing an endorsement...
