June 27, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Alex Berenson was published by the New York Times on June 27.) WASHINGTON — Senators agreed yesterday to increase to as much as $153 billion a proposed trust fund that would end all asbestos lawsuits and instead pay asbestos victims...
June 25, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Alex Berenson was published in the New York Times on June 25.) NEW YORK — Senators reached a compromise yesterday that would make it easier for asbestos victims to qualify for payments from a proposed trust fund that would end asbestos...
June 17, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on June 16.) WASHINGTON — Congress is joining multiple investigations into sweetheart stock deals at a union-owned insurance company, but the ousted chairman subpoenaed to testify isn’t cooperating....
June 13, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Ed Gately was posted on the East Valley Tribune’s website on June 12.) PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano was cheered Monday at the Arizona AFL-CIO’s 2003 convention, and she asked for the union’s help in bringing about policy changes....
June 12, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following editorial by George Will on its website on June 12.) WASHINGTON — Time was, presidential nominations were dispensed by kingmakers in smoke-filled rooms. Today smoking is a scarlet sin and the democratization of the...
June 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters distributed the following article on June 5.) WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contender Richard Gephardt gained his third labor endorsement on Thursday when the railroad workers union backed him in the 2004 White House race. The Brotherhood of...
June 6, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was published by the New York Times on June 6.) NEW YORK — Ten labor unions, including the steelworkers and auto workers, urged presidential candidates yesterday to back a 10-year, $300 billion research plan that would...
June 4, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article was distributed by the Associated Press on June 3.) WASHINGTON — Labor unions fighting legislation to loosen overtime pay requirements have won the support of a dozen or so moderate House Republicans, sending the GOP searching for...
May 30, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Ann McFeatters appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s website on May 29.) WASHINGTON — The war of words between the Bush administration and labor unions ratcheted up yesterday with Labor Secretary Elaine Chao telling reporters that...
May 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following Action Alert was distributed by the Metro Washington Council of the AFL-CIO.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Overtime pay cuts being pushed by the Bush administration are slated to go into effect for millions of workers as soon as September of this year....
