October 1, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
BOSTON — After weeks of simmering tensions, hundreds of Boston area janitors began their strike last night at 17 downtown office buildings and more than a dozen in the suburbs, and threatened to stay out until they receive better pay and health benefits, the...
October 1, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The AFL-CIO condemns the Pacific Maritime Association’s (PMA) hasty and irresponsible decision to lock out more than 10,000 dockworkers on the West Coast. These workers are ready and willing to work. That’s why, in a show of good...
October 1, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A prolonged shutdown of West Coast ports could lead to empty store shelves, quiet factories and a global economic crisis, the Associated Press reported. “The collateral damage is huge,” said Stephen Cohen, a regional planning...
October 1, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — Every port on the West Coast was idled today by a bitter, escalating contract feud between shipping companies and dockworkers that could have enormous effects on the national economy, the Washington Post reported. The shutdown forced nearly 11,000...
September 26, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2001 workplace fatality report contains sad news for American workers and little reassurance that the workplace is less dangerous now than in 2000, and for workers in some industries things are getting more...
September 18, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Mechanic & Related employees at US Airways today ratified contract amendments proposed by the company as part of the bankrupt carrier’s restructuring program. The vote carried by 57 percent, according to the International Association of...
September 10, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Flight attendants from across the United States will honor the “forgotten heroes” of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as members of the Association of Flight Attendants will participate in more than a dozen memorial ceremonies held at...
September 5, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Many flight attendants say they haven’t been adequately taught to defend themselves or their passengers from terrorists because each airline offers different training for dealing with potential threats, a wire service reports. Congress passed...
September 5, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — They’ve promised chaos, but so far, the 440 union flight attendants involved in a labor dispute with Midwest Express Airlines have delivered nothing more than angst, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. On Saturday, Midwest Express...
August 30, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mechanic & Related and Fleet Service Employees at US Airways, voting separately on similar proposals, took different paths on August 28 in nationwide voting on company-proposed restructuring plans. Fifty seven percent of Mechanical &...
