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With less than three weeks until the Nov. 8 election, the fight to repeal Ohio Senate Bill 5 (SB-5) is gathering momentum. Enacted in March by the Republican-led legislature, SB-5 sharply limits collective bargaining rights for public employees, including police, firefighters and teachers. “If enacted by voters, [SB-5] will impact more than 180,000 school teachers
Read more(Left-to-right) LL 1471 Pres. Jim McClelland, DL 54 A/DBR Andy Campbell, ST Jerry Espy, P/DBR T. Dean Wright, Jr., former P/DBR Tom Frisbee, BR Mark Chema and LL 1297 Pres. Fred Confer cut the ribbon. IAM District 54 celebrated the rededication of their new headquarters in Columbus, OH. District 54 serves more than 14,000 members
Read moreThe 2012 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance will be held January 12-16 in Detroit, Michigan. The conference registration fee is $150 through October 31, with late registration at $180 from November 1 to November 30. Online registration and refund deadlines are November 30, 2011. The Observance will be held at the MotorCity
Read moreThe Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on Wednesday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. EAS participants include all broadcasters, satellite and digital radio and television,
Read moreRising above the clatter of anti-union diatribes over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against the Boeing Company, has been the occasional voice of reason that cuts to the core of the dispute. A recent New York Times editorial, ‘Labor Rights, Under Republican Attack,’ sidesteps the political hysteria, outlines the key legal issues and
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