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Congress Puts NSPS to Rest Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is long gone and now Congress is giving the boot to a big part of his National Security Personnel System (NSPS), too. After years of court battles, legislative fights and a nationwide grassroots campaign by defense workers and their unions, the final 2008 Defense Authorization
Read moreMachinist to Lead Kentucky Labor Department Kentucky’s Democratic Governor-elect Steve Beshear named IAM member J.R. Gray as the state’s new Commissioner of Labor. Gray is a retired Directing Business Representative (DBR) of District Lodge 154 in Calvert City, KY and has served 26 years in the Kentucky House of Representatives, much of that time as
Read moreThe Human Toll of Chinese Imports As Americans continue to express outrage over Chinese-made products being recalled due to toxic lead levels, a new report looks at the large number of Chinese workers who are losing their lives producing these products. The report was prepared by Salt Lake Tribune reporter Loretta Tofani, who spent fourteen months in
Read moreBush Steps in Amtrak’s Mess President George W. Bush this week waded into the eight-year old dispute between Amtrak and its union workers by appointing a five-member Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to “investigate” the dispute and make recommendations for settlement. The interference by the President suspends a 30-day countdown that was scheduled to expire on
Read moreUnions Sue Florida Cities over FTAA Riots An AFL-CIO lawsuit charges four Florida municipalities with violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of thousands of workers and retirees who traveled to Miami to protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) summit in 2003. The lawsuit documents extensive police use of tear gas, truncheons
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