September 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Detroit Free Press published the following story by Sarah A. Webster on September 3.) DETROIT — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is expected to announce in Detroit today the formation of a newfangled national labor union that is specifically for employees who...
September 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats and their labor allies renewed their drive Tuesday to block proposed Bush administration rules that could cost up to 8 million workers their overtime pay. Sen. Tom...
September 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following syndicated column by Molly Ivins appeared in newspapers on September 1.) This poignant Labor Day, when the numbers are bad, the policies are worse and the jobs are disappearing, it’s not so much the economy that riles me as the disrespect and the...
September 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on September 1.) NEW YORK — On a Labor Day overshadowed by gloomy weather and the ailing economy, protesters rallied for striking workers, union members marched in parades and President Bush announced a...
August 29, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 29.) WASHINGTON — Union leaders say America’s workers have little to celebrate this Labor Day. New data Thursday indicated the economy is improving, yet the gains are failing to reach the...
August 29, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following statement on August 28.) As we come to Labor Day 2003, working America is facing a crisis. It’s a jobs crisis and it’s the number 1 issue facing Americans. Despite our so-called recovery, far too many people are out...
August 29, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse appeared on the New York Times website on August 29.) NEW YORK — Hoping to increase its political clout, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. announced yesterday that it was creating a novel organization for nonunion workers who agree...
August 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following statement on August 23.) WASHINGTON — In 1963, we marched and rallied at the Lincoln Memorial for jobs and peace and freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stirred the soul of our nation when he preached, “I have a...
August 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on August 27.) WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka will discuss the urgency to create good jobs for working men and women at a Labor Day week media roundtable Thursday,...
August 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on August 27.) WASHINGTON — Top AFL-CIO officers will travel across America this Labor Day weekend to support workers who are fighting for a voice on the job and to hear from union members about the ways union...
