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UNIONS PLAN PERMANENT WORKERS MEMORIAL
Larry Bevis, an American Federation of Teachers member
from Birmingham, Ala., will be remembered forever.
That’s because Bevis' name, thanks to his union, will
be one the first to be inscribed in the brickwork of
the permanent Workers Memorial to be erected on the
grounds of the National Labor College/George Meany
Center in Silver Spring, Md.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
WITNESSES DEMAND HIGHER OSHA PENALTIES, STRONGER ENFORCEMENT
Workers’ safety and health on the
job are hampered by small fines and fitful--at
best--enforcement of job safety and health laws,
witnesses told the Senate Labor Committee on April 29.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
APRIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 5%
And as you delve deeper into the BLS data, more
bad numbers appear.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
ILWU CONDUCTS 1-DAY WEST COAST STRIKE TO PROTEST IRAQ WAR
Angering their bosses, 25,000
members of the International Longshore and Warehouse
Union conducted a 1-day strike on May 1--May Day, the
international workers day--to protest the continuing
war in Iraq and demand the troops come home.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
CERVICAL CANCER WALK SCHEDULED FOR MAY 17
Unionists nationwide walks on
universal health care won’t be the only workers
tamping the streets on May 17, as the Coalition of
Labor Union Women joins other groups in a walk against
cervical cancer that day, in Washington.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
HOUSE ORDERS BUSH OSHA TO MOVE AGAINST EXPLOSIVE WORKPLACE DUST
Brushing aside yet another
Republican-led effort to defend Bush regime inaction
on workplace safety, the House on April 30 ordered
Bush’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
to write standards ordering firms to crack down and
curb explosive workplace dust.
News Item · PAI · May 2, 2008
To Unemployed Building Trades Members, Mall of America Expansion Means Jobs
For Carpenter Bruce Meyer, the proposed expansion of the Mall of America means one thing: a steady job.
News Item · North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters · May 1, 2008
Unemployed Construction Workers Say They're Running Out of Time
"Nobody's hiring. You call, and nobody's hiring," said Christopher Leko, age 34, of Elk River. Leko, a member of Local 851, has been out of work for 5 months. He has exhausted his unemployment insurance.
News Item · North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters · May 1, 2008
NO PEACE, NO WORK
Organized labor is set to mark May Day - International Workers' Day - with
what could be the loudest and most forceful demand yet for rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
News Item · Dick Meister · Apr 26, 2008
Singing History
You can tell the history of labor organizing in the U.S. without speaking a word. The songs tell it all.
News Item · Allegro/AFM Local 802 · Apr 25, 2008
