News

Sort by
  • iMail , News October 12, 2010

    Website Tracks the Facts on Outsourcing

    Want to know where all the jobs have gone? Visit Working America and the AFL-CIO’s new site, Job Tracker – an interactive, zip code-searchable database that lists information on more than 400,000 corporations that have outsourced jobs out of the U.S. Visitors can put in their zip code and see a list of companies in

    Read more
  • iMail , News October 12, 2010

    Deadline Approaches for 2010 GDA Banquet

    The deadline to reserve your discounted hotel room at the 30th Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is fast approaching. The banquet will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The yearly event is the premier fundraiser for GDA, a

    Read more
  • iMail , News October 12, 2010

    Big Money Funding Far-Right Agenda

    Forget the Tea Party zealots and their headline-grabbing antics, the real story in this election cycle is the tens of millions of dollars that are flowing from corporate extremists to front groups with progressive sounding names. Hiding behind innocuous names like, “Americans for Job Security” and “Americans for Prosperity,” these front groups are bent on

    Read more
  • iMail , News October 12, 2010

    Photos Commemorate 10.2.10 UCube Event

    Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has assembled a photo gallery of the 10.2.10 Pre-Event for the Jobless held just before the One Nation Working Together March on Washington. Thousands of labor, civil rights, religious and community activists from around the country were in attendance – as were a few UCubed photographers to capture the momentous

    Read more
  • iMail , News October 7, 2010

    Negotiations to Resume at Hawker Beechcraft

    IAM General Vice President Rich Michalski was instrumental in the effort to keep Hawker Beechcraft from moving operations from Wichita, KS, to Baton Rouge, LA. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) workers in Wichita, KS, dodged a hail of bullets this week thanks to the outcome of discussions between Hawker Beechcraft CEO Bill Boisture, Kansas Democratic Governor

    Read more