November 5, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Nov. 21, working families across the nation will join with community, student, civil rights, environmental and consumer activists for a National Day of Action at Wal-Mart, according to a report on the AFL-CIO website. The Day of Action is...
November 5, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Working families and their unions have mounted a massive grassroots campaign to get out the vote on Election Day and elect candidates who will work to provide quality health care, a secure retirement, good jobs and good schools, the AFL-CIO...
November 4, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — A tentative agreement on key technology issues separating West Coast port operators and longshoremen has been reached, said federal negotiators, the first sign of compromise among the parties whose rift led to a 10-day closing of West Coast docks...
October 29, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN DIEGO — As the cargo backlog continues to build at West Coast docks, the dockworkers union has until noon today to respond to charges that it is purposely slowing down the unloading of ships, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. In a letter to the...
October 28, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Teamsters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is a tragic commentary on our nation that a corporate scofflaw such as Overnite Transportation can get away with years of unrelenting intimidation of its workers and manipulation of the courts. These working men and women only wanted to...
October 28, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
Senator Paul Wellstone stood up for the little guy, but he never had small thoughts. He was tireless and unapologetic for championing the rights of working men and women – even when he stood alone. He was an outspoken advocate of legislation to give workers a stronger...
October 28, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON — The International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union told the Justice Department it can’t respond to reports by shippers about a work slowdown at West Coast ports because it hasn’t seen the shippers’ complaint, reports Dow Jones...
October 17, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — As a federal judge ordered the continuation of an 80-day “cooling off” period in a contentious labor dispute at the docks, the stevedores and the shipping companies today blamed each other for the backlog of containers piling up at West...
October 16, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal mediator is expected to meet with union dockworkers and shipping managers this week to schedule new talks to resolve the labor dispute at West Coast ports, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Steve Stallone, spokesman for...
October 14, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — Labor leaders called on Friday for health and safety inspectors at backlogged West Coast ports to monitor working conditions and to squelch shippers’ claims that longshoreman are staging work slowdowns, Reuters reports. Four days after...
