News Articles
Published Thursday, July 29, 2010
USW Cites
Congressional Effort Asking Obama Administration to Address Chinese Subsidies
of Paper Industry Threatening U.S. Jobs
(WASHINGTON) -
The United Steelworkers (USW) has joined Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage
Corporation and Sappi Fine Paper North America in applauding the efforts of
more than 100 Members of Congress who wrote to President Obama -
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Published Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Nation’s economic crisis, lack of jobs and the inability
to pay for higher education are key issues for today’s young workers -
and Unions must focus on reaching out to them, said panelists who
took part in the National AFL-CIO’s Young
Workers: Taking Charge of Our Future event.
Moderated by National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz
Shuler, the panel at
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Published Thursday, July 29, 2010
Remarks by National AFL-CIO
President Richard Trumka While Addressing The United Mine Workers of America 54th Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada:
Brothers and sisters, I am proud
to work for 11.5 million Union Workers
across America,
and I think about them every single day.
But the United Mine Workers of America will always be my Union. It
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Published Monday, July 26, 2010
(ALBANY) – Reaction
was swift from the Union presidents of both the Civil Service Employees
Association (CSEA) and Public Employees Federation (PEF) after New York
Governor David Paterson once again publicly floated the concept today
of laying off state workers to help balance a growing $10 billion, 2010 budget
deficit.
According to published reports,
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Published Monday, July 26, 2010
Pictured Above:
New Western New York Working Families Party Chapter Chairman Jim Lakeman
discusses his plans to expand the presence of the WFP across the Southern Tier
during a recent interview with WNYLaborToday.com. Lakeman also tells Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper he plans to emphasize the
fact the WFP’s agenda “is about the social movement and
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Published Monday, July 26, 2010
Alliance
Members to Celebrate Medicare's 45th Birthday & Social Security Turns 75
On July 30th, the federal Medicare program turns 45 and Alliance For Retired Americans members
will be celebrating the occasion with events all across the country. The events will serve to remind lawmakers
and the general public how important and efficient the Medicare
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Published Sunday, July 25, 2010
Pictured Above: State
Senator Eric Schneiderman received endorsements last week from United Auto
Workers Region 9 and 1199 Service Employees International Union Healthcare
Workers East in his campaign for New York State Attorney General. Meeting
with several local Labor Leaders at 1199 SEIU’s Kenmore Avenue headquarters, Schneiderman
- who proclaimed he
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Published Sunday, July 25, 2010
(WASHINGTON) –
Last week, Western New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (New York-28th
District) voted to extend unemployment insurance benefits to millions of
out-of-work Americans and the families they support, saying: “Many hard-working
Western New Yorkers, who through no fault of their own are out of a job, need
this assistance to help pay bills, put
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