February 26, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Congress should require certification for the nation’s flight attendants, declared a resolution adopted today by 35 AFL-CIO unions representing transportation workers. At its winter Executive Committee meeting, the Transportation Trades...
February 26, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The AFL-CIO posted the following press release on its website on February 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economic recession that has swept the nation and left millions jobless was reflected in union membership in 2002. Union membership was 16.1 million in 2002,...
February 25, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by the Associated Press appeared in the New York Times online edition.) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Even sunny Florida can’t totally brighten a troubled labor movement. The nation’s labor leaders gathered here this week for the...
February 25, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
The following article by Adam Nagourney was published in the New York Times online edition.) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Four Democratic presidential candidates competed today for support from A.F.L.-C.I.O. leaders amid indications that Representative Richard A. Gephardt,...
February 18, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFL-CIO flight attendant unions representing the vast majority of the nation’s flight attendants successfully lobbied Congress to reject a behind the scenes effort by the airline industry to dramatically weaken anti-terrorism training mandated...
February 14, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following article by the Associated Press was published in the New York Times online edition on Feb. 13.) WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are suing the president of a union-owned insurance company to seize subpoenaed documents he has refused to turn...
February 13, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The follwing Associated Press article was published online by the New York Times.) WASHINGTON — Labor unions, with $400 billion in pension fund assets, are stepping up their demands for investor-friendly changes at public companies, starting with annual...
February 4, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
On one hand, the Bush Administration has used the FY 2004 budget to spark a debate on the future of key programs the American public relies upon. On the other hand, the Administration’s FY 2004 budget completely omits from the debate crises such as the budget...
February 3, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following Associated Press article by Leigh Strope was posted in the February 1 online issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Heeding the complaints of business, the Bush administration is revamping decades-old labor regulations in an...
January 30, 2003 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(The following statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney was issued on January 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In addition to making the case for war against Iraq, President George W. Bush used his State of the Union address last night to justify sticking with a...
