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To refocus attention on the jobs crisis, UCubed is holding its own presidential primary – for jobless households – called the ‘Pink Slip Primary.’ Starting on August 1, at 7:00 a.m., the jobless of all political persuasions will be able to see what candidates running for president have said about jobs, what their campaign appeals
Read moreIAM members from 25 locations across British Columbia voted in favor of ratifying a four-year contract that ended a five-week strike at Finning. The 700 mechanics, parts department and support personnel repair and overhaul heavy equipment for mining, forestry and construction industries in British Columbia. Wages, benefits, shifts and sub-contracting were the four major
Read moreDistrict 75, Local 20 Bargaining Committee: Front row, left to right – Lydia Benoit and Jack Skowronski; back row, left to right – Steve Jordan, BR, Brian Paulson, and Bill Haun District 75, Local 20, at Hurlburt AFB, FL is preparing for negotiations with Defense Support Services (DS2). The 200 newly-organized IAM members at the
Read moreA three-year struggle for fairness ended in victory when workers at a Swedwood plant in Danville, VA – a right-to-work (for less) state – voted 221 to 69 to join the IAM. Swedwood is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish furniture giant IKEA. The election win signals the beginning of negotiations with Swedwood to address the
Read moreIn an op-ed published on The Huffington Post, Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, outlines a new report on how to reverse the jobs crisis. Hindery, along with United Steelworkers International President Leo Gerard, recently co-chaired a Task Force on Job Creation, made up of policymakers, economists, business
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