Labor joins Sen. Murray, public safety advocates in fighting industry effort to take away truckers’ rest and meal breaks WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 11, 2019) — The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO has joined dozens of public safety, consumer and labor organizations in urging the federal government to reject a request by the commercial trucking […]
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (Oct. 30, 2019) — Murray Energy, the biggest privately owned coal company in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. That makes Murray the 8th coal company to seek Chapter 11 protection this year alone. Critically for retired miners, as HuffPost reports, Murray Energy is the last large coal operator […]
UPDATE (Oct. 18, 2019) — The picket lines will remain in place at General Motors facilities after local leaders for the United Auto Workers voted to accept a tentative contract agreement with GM, but remain on strike until the deal is ratified by rank-and-file members. Here is the statement released Thursday by the UAW: Local […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 4, 2019) — President Donald Trump unveiled a new executive order on Thursday that calls for expanding participation in private Medicare plans, known as Medicare Advantage, as an alternative to Democratic presidential candidates’ calls for “Medicare for All” policies. Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, issued this statement Thursday in response […]
The following is from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions: OAKLAND, Calif. (Sept. 25, 2019) — Kaiser Permanente and more than 80,000 workers in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative contract settlement early today that will revitalize the long-standing worker-management partnership and accomplish a set of goals to make sure Kaiser is […]
DETROIT (Sept. 23, 2019) — One week ago today, more than 48,000 members of the United Auto Workers at nearly 70 General Motors facilities in 19 states went on strike. About 850 UAW janitors employed by Aramark in Michigan and Ohio GM facilities have also been on strike. These UAW members are standing up for […]
Union-busting lawyer brings decades of anti-worker experience as he seeks to become labor secretary The following is from the AFL-CIO: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 18, 2019) — For your consideration, the AFL-CIO humbly presents Eugene Scalia. Go to EugeneScalia.com and learn all you need to know about President Trump’s union-busting nominee for secretary of labor. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 17, 2019) — The following is a new statement approved Sept. 12 by the AFL-CIO Executive Council: AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRADE When the new NAFTA was signed, the AFL-CIO warned that we would oppose the agreement without major changes. As we said in our March 2019 Executive Council statement, […]
The following is from the United Auto Workers (UAW): DETOIT (Sept. 16, 2019) — Local Union leaders from across the nation met Sunday morning after the 2015 General Motors collective bargaining agreement expired Saturday night and opted to strike at midnight on Sunday. The autoworkers are calling on the Big 3 automaker to recognize the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 9, 2019) — The Trump administration has launched a coordinated effort to dismantle federal unions and undermine collective bargaining rights, proposing extreme changes to labor contracts under negotiation with each of the unions representing federal employees. The administration has sought to effectuate these extreme terms by bargaining in bad faith and then […]
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