December 14, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Teamster Nation, December 13, 2012) The Alliance for American Manufacturing has a blog (click here) that’s been featuring ideas for gifts made in the USA. Yesterday they featured toys, including Green Toys, products made from recycled materials by a...
November 20, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNN, November 18, 2012) NEW YORK — As Wal-Mart workers prepare to stage a walkout on Black Friday, the world’s largest store is fighting back. Wal-Mart has filed a complaint with a federal agency accusing one of the largest labor unions in the country...
November 12, 2012 | CP, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, November 9, 2012) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific and the United Steel Workers (USW), Local 1976, representing approximately 800 clerical and intermodal workers, today announced that a five-year contract has been...
November 12, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: The Star-Ledger, November 9, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — The nation’s 44,000 newly unionized airport screeners have ratified their first-ever collective bargaining agreement, giving them more say in what they wear on the job, the shifts they work and the time off...
October 17, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: www.labor411.org, October 17, 2012)) Buying union means buying American. It means that every dollar you spend goes towards protecting working people by helping them to earn a livable wage in safe conditions, provide health care for their families and pursue...
October 16, 2012 | Canada, Headlines, Unions
Canadian Auto Workers, CEP join forces to create Canadian mega-union (Source: Canadian Press, October 15, 2012) OTTAWA — A second union approved plans to create Canada’s biggest private sector union in a vote on Monday, promising to revitalize the labor movement with...
October 11, 2012 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Huffington Post, October 10, 2012) Employees at 28 Walmarts in 12 different cities walked out of work Tuesday, but things may get a whole lot worse for the biggest retailer in the U.S. come Black Friday. United Food and Commercial Workers’ Making Change...
September 19, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 19, 2012) CHICAGO — More than 350,000 Chicago public school students returned to class this morning after union officials overwhelmingly called off a seven-day teachers strike. Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday...
June 18, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 2012) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Common Pleas Court judge ruled Friday that SEPTA may not outsource maintenance work on Market-Frankford El cars pending further discussions between the transit agency and a union. Transport Workers...
June 13, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2012) PHILADELPHIA — Workers for SEPTA are seeking an injunction to prevent the transit agency from outsourcing maintenance work on Market-Frankford El cars. Transport Workers Union Local 234 argued in a Common Pleas Court...
