To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kori Blalock Keller of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PASS, AFL-CIO, +1-202-293-7277 Routine Maintenance Checks Ensure Efficiency of Aviation System WASHINGTON,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Tuesdays power outage across South Florida did not impact air traffic in the area due to the work performed everyday by dedicated Federal Aviation...
Organized labor won last November's election lottery. The unions officially spent $105 million and, in return, received a promise from the new Democratic majority to push labor's redistributionist economic agenda. They are desperate to convince politicians to give them what they cannot win in the marketplace. The impact on domestic...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORSContact: Sara Nelson of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL- CIO, +1-847-292-7170, ext. 524 WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, are demanding that Congress address the wage disparity between workers and executives. Members of the Association of Flight...
I. INTRODUCTION II. EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION AND UNION SECURITY IN AMERICAN LABOR RELATIONS A. Exclusive Representation B. Types of Union Security Arrangements 1. The Closed Shop...
WASHINGTON -- President Bush says he wants an immigration bill this year. So do the top Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. Other supporters range from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Service Employees International Union. Seldom has legislation received such high-profile backers from...
LAS VEGAS -- News From USW: The AFL-CIO passed a resolution today strongly condemning the attacks by the government of Mexican President Calderon on the Mexican Miners Union, its democratically elected president Napoleon Gomez Urrutia and the country's independent labor movement. Mr. Gomez, president of Mexico's National Miners, Metallurgical...
Joins AFL-CIO's Trumka to Oppose 'Fast Track' Renewal LAS VEGAS -- News From USW: The United Steelworkers USW President Leo W. Gerard announced approval by the AFL-CIO Executive Council of a resolution that calls on the U.S. Congress to assert its constitutional responsibility to institute new reforms on trade...
The new Congress will face a daunting array of challenges and choices with respect to trade policy when it convenes in January. Our country is running an annual trade deficit of almost $800 billion, real wages are stagnant or falling for most American workers, the number of people in poverty...
RICHARD AND AUDREY HERZBERG HAVE SOME tough choices to make when they vote in the 2006 midterm election. Traditionally the Herzbergs have supported Republican candidates, but the owners of Reliable Metalcraft Corp.--a $1.5 million Mishawaka, Ind.-based maker of precision metal parts--are feeling a little conflicted this...
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before Election Day, voters are more focused on national issues than in any previous congressional election, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they express unprecedented pessimism on the war in Iraq and downbeat attitudes about the economy. Just 19% of those surveyed say the United States...
In 1997 DIRECTORS & BOARDS published a timeline of the evolution of corporate governance from the early years of the 20th century. For our 30th anniversary issue, we extend the timeline to 2006. What follows are key developments and iconic moments in the current history of boards. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...
There's nothing like a drive to survive to push solidarity between unions - even two unions on opposite sides of last year's split in the labor movement. That's what happened with the Communications Workers of America, led by Larry Cohen, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, led by James...
I'M the newest member of the AFL-CIO. You can join, too: Sign up on the website of Working America, an advocacy organization tied to the union. All it requires is the submission of your name, e-mail address, and zip code. Voila! Welcome to Big Labor. The AFL-CIO claims to...
This is their holiday treat.... There is nothing so simultaneously yearned for and ridiculous as the email invoking the 59 minute rule. We do not take this rule lightly. I am told there have actually been debates regarding the authority ... to invoke the 59 Minute Rule.... I was too...
IN THE REGION Brandywine begins first of 3 Metroplex buildings Brandywine Realty Trust, Plymouth Meeting, said it had started construction of a 120,000-square-foot, five-story, granite-and-glass building, the first of three it plans in the Metroplex Corporate Center near the intersection of the Blue Route and the Pennsylvania Turnpike...
WASHINGTON AFP — US unions, weakened by public apathy and internal splits, are fighting back with an online database that accuses corporate supremos of lining their own pockets while grinding down their employees. Business leaders are deeply unhappy at the online initiative of the AFL-CIO workers' federation, accusing union...
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR—CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 65 national and international LABOR UNIONS . It comprises 65 national union affiliates, 45,000 local unions, 51 state federations including Puerto Rico, 570 central labor councils, and a...
Byline: Andrew Dietderich The separation of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Service Employees International Union and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union from the AFL-CIO means the Detroit area will see more active efforts to organize workers. Detroit-based SEIU Local...
WASHINGTON, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- AFT Vice President Laura Rico today was elected to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO. The appointment comes on the heels of historic changes to the AFL-CIO constitution meant to increase diversity at all levels of the organization. "Today's working families speak a...
