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The National AFL-CIO Hosts The 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Observance In Detroit/Hundreds Of Labor, Civil Rights & Community Activists To Honor Dr. King's Legacy And Continue The Movement For Economic & Racial Justice

Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012
(DETROIT) – More than 500 activists and leaders from the Labor and Civil Rights Movements are anticipated to join together from Thursday (January 12th) through Monday (January 16th) in Detroit for the National AFL-CIO's National and Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and National Conference. The weekend of activities will honor the legacy more»

Union Retiree News From The Alliance For Retired Americans: Medicare Is A Major Issue In 2012 As More Baby Boomers Begin To Receive Their Benefits & Government Dollars Are Going To Private Insurance Companies By The Billions

Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Medicare A Major Issue In 2012 As More Baby Boomers Begin To Receive Their Benefits During a recent campaign stop In Iowa, Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum said: “You have Medicare driving the entire Health Care System in this country and it’s crushing it.” According to Thinkprogress.org (Http://Bit.Ly/Xjzuz5), Santorum is a strong supporter more»

The Indiana GOP Continues Its Right-To-Work, Fast-Track Attack/National Football League Players Association Chimes In, Urges Indiana State Legislature To Reject The Bill, Saying It’s A “Political Ploy Designed To Destroy Basic Workers’ Rights”

Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012
With several thousand Indiana Workers inside and outside the Statehouse, a State of Indiana Senate Committee last week approved a so-called Right-To-Work Bill by a 6-to-4 vote that included one Republican voting against the measure. The vote followed more than five hours of testimony, but in their drive to ram the bill through the Legislature, Senate more»

There Are 5,000 Janitors In The U.S. With PhDs And There Are 18,000 Parking Lot Attendants Across The Country That Have College Degrees/In All, Some 17 Million College-Educated Americans Have Jobs That Don't Require Their Level Of Education.

Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Unbelievably, there are 18,000 Parking Lot Attendants in the U.S. with College Degrees. There are also 5,000 janitors in the U.S. with PhDs. In all, some 17 million College-Educated Americans have jobs that don't require their level of education. Why? The depressing data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics - information that has some in the know more»

Sunday (On A Monday) Labor Column: For ‘All’ Working People Who Might Still Be Confused: Republican Presidents=Anti-Union… Obama=Pro-Union… Union Worker + Obama=Stronger Unions… Union Worker + Republican President=Weaker Unions

Published Monday, January 9, 2012
News, Notes & A Bunch Of Observations Made While Covering The Western New York Labor Community Over The Past Week: There’s so much you see and for that matter - don’t see - watching this amazing group of Republican Presidential Candidates out on the campaign trail that it leaves me more than shaking my head how any Working Person - Union or more»

Locked-Out, Union-Represented Workers Employed At The Greater Buffalo-Niagara International Airport Caution The Air-Flying Public To Stay Away From USAir, Charge Unsafe Conditions Due To Replacement Workers Who “Don’t Know What They’re Doing”

Published Sunday, January 8, 2012
(BUFFALO) – Locked-out, Union-Represented USAirways Employees at the Greater Buffalo-Niagara International Airport tell WNYLaborToday.com the Air-Flying Public should think twice before flying the airline, citing the fact that replacement Workers are highly-untrained, don’t know what they’re doing, and those who have been hired to clean airplanes in between more»

Three Labor Unions Reach New Contract Agreements With Major U.S. Railroads, Leaving Only The Brotherhood of Maintenance Of Way Employees As The Only Railroad Workers Union Yet To Reach An Agreement

Published Saturday, January 7, 2012
Three Labor Unions representing Railroad Workers this week ratified contracts with major U.S. Railroads, leaving only one Union to not have finalized an agreement over a dispute that nearly resulted in a National Labor Action in early December. The new contracts reached by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, the National Conference of more»

Why Do Nurses Join Unions? Because They Can!

Published Saturday, January 7, 2012
The National Nurses United (NNU) Union has smart, tough Labor Leaders and compelling us-versus-them and patient-first messages that resonate not only with the Nurses they hope to organize - but with tens of millions of Americans who play by the rules and still feel like they're getting a raw deal. The Union has gained considerable success and notice since more»