The Tri-County Council of Labor in Eastern Kentucky presented its 2010 Community Service Awards to local volunteer activist Haley Gibson and IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart. The Tri-County Council also presented its first-ever scholarship award and recognized the volunteer work of three apprentice plumbers who installed a new plumbing system free of charge for a
Read moreWith less than two weeks remaining before the November 2 election, UCubed activists were reminded what is likely to occur if control of the House of Representatives passes to the anti-jobless deficit hawks. “How about Tier V?” asked UCubed Acting Executive Director Rick Sloan. “Not happening. Extended unemployment benefits? Forgetaboutit. COBRA discounts? When pigs fly.
Read moreLeft to right: Owen Herrnstadt, IAM Director of Trade & Globalization; Arve Bakke, Fellesforbundet President (Norway); Jens Bundvad, Nordic-IN General Secretary (Sweden); Stefan Löfven, IF Metall President (Sweden); Mads Anderson, CO-industri Vice President (Denmark); R. Thomas Buffenbarger, IAM International President; Claus Jensen, CO-industri Vice President (Denmark); Heikki Kauppi, TEK President, (Finland); Jan-Henrik Sandberg, Swedish Paperworkers
Read moreHow important is it to get out the vote this midterm election? Ponder this… Sen. Orrin “Drug Test the Unemployed” Hatch (R-UT) with jurisdictional control over unemployment insurance benefits, Social Security, Railroad Retirement, pensions, international trade and Trade Adjustment Assistance. It could happen – if Republicans gain control of the Senate on Election Day, November
Read moreIn one of the largest union elections in airline history, the National Mediation Board (NMB) today began mailing voting instructions to more than 14,000 Fleet Service workers at Delta Air Lines. The election gives Delta employees an opportunity to secure bargaining rights and a contract that provides job security, guaranteed wage rates and a defined
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