May 22, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Sharon Theimer was distributed by the Associated Press on May 21.) WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO wants its members to take advantage of a government decision allowing political candidates to pay themselves salaries from their donations,...
May 20, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was published by the New York Times on May 20.) NEW YORK — General Electric’s largest union, which staged a two-day walkout over health benefits in January, threatened to go on strike again next month as it began...
May 16, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The TTD issued the following press release on May 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO in reaction to the House Aviation Subcommittee’s action requiring strict...
May 14, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The Washington Post posted the following article on its website on May 14.) WASHINGTON — The newly elected board of Ullico, the union-owned insurance company, yesterday voted at a closed meeting to call on past management to return $5.6 million in profits from...
May 7, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Steven Greenouse wrote the following article for the New York Times on May 7.) NEW YORK — Union leaders said yesterday that the board of Ullico, the embattled union-owned insurer, would elect Terence M. O’Sullivan, president of the laborers’ union,...
May 2, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Stephanie Franken was published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on May 2.) PITTSBURGH — All of Jay Bormann’s guide-dog trainers belong to a union. When he shops, he looks for American-made products. “I buy very few things...
April 30, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Reuters distributed the following article on April 29.) WASHINGTON — U.S. labor and industry officials are nearing agreement on a proposed trust fund of between $90 billion and $120 billion to pay asbestos injury claims, a senator overseeing the effort said on...
April 29, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by Leigh Strope was posted on Yahoo News by the Associated Press on April 29.) WASHINGTON — A bad economy is brutal for unions. Just ask any airline employee. But unions at American Airlines showed that they’ve still got some muscle...
April 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The TTD issued the following news release on April 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, in support of Northwest Airlines flight attendants — members of...
April 28, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on April 24.) WASHINGTON — With events taking place across the country, thousands of working Americans will hold candlelight vigils and rallies to commemorate the victims of workplace injuries, diseases, and fatal...
