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  • Organizing , Uncategorized April 28, 2006

    Video: Time to Give the Union A Chance

    APRIL 28, 2006 – Allen Kight feels the company had a chance, now it’s time to give the union a chance.

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  • Uncategorized April 25, 2006

    April 28: Workers Memorial Day

        Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions.   But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. It is one of the original reasons for union organizing since unions came to existance in the United States. Each year more than 60,000 workers die from

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  • Uncategorized April 18, 2006

    U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Continue to Head Overseas

    April 19, 2006 – The devastation caused by the loss of American manufacturing jobs can be seen across a variety of industries. A recent article in the Washington Times profiled Five Rivers Electronic Innovations, the last domestically owned TV maker in the U.S., to show the harm caused by the loss of U.S. jobs to

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  • Uncategorized April 18, 2006

    Chinese President Visits U.S.

    April 18, 2006 – As tensions continue to rise regarding China’s currency manipulation and unfair trade practices, Chinese President Hu Jintao is scheduled to begin his four-day U.S. visit today in the Pacific Northwest. While in Washington, Jintao will visit Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates as well as Boeing’s Everett plant. Jintao will then make

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