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Workers’ Voice Speaks For the 99%
AFL-CIO Theresa Brown, a United Steelworkers (USW) member at Cooper Tire’s Findlay, Ohio, plant says in this election year, “Everybody is in the same fight. It doesn’t matter if you are a union member or not, this is about saving the middle class.” Brown was speaking at a press conference at AFL-CIO headquarters today where [...]
Read MoreUS Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. in Steeleville,
STEELEVILLE, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. for six safety violations – including three willful – after two maintenance employees conducting welding operations sustained serious burns to their upper bodies as the result of an explosion within a dust collector at the company’s Steeleville [...]
Read MoreBCTGM Enthusiastically Endorses Obama
Following the lead of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) announced today that its General Executive Board has unanimously voted to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election. In announcing the Board’s decision, BCTGM International Union President Frank Hurt explained, “After assessing the positions of the Republican [...]
Read MoreFlash: Minimum Wage Too Damn Low
AFL-CIO Who says economic policy has to be wonkish and dry? Not John Schmitt, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He gets right to the point in his new report, “The Minimum Wage Is Too Damn Low.” The minimum wage was last increased—to $7.25 an hour—nearly three years ago. He [...]
Read MorePanera Bread Bakers Vote YES to Representation by Bakery Workers Union
Kalamazoo, MI. – If you drive by a Panera Bread Café on any given morning, you will be treated with the decadent smell of freshly baking bread and sweet goods, thanks to the artful skills of Panera Bread bakers. These bakers work from 10:00 p.m. each night to 6:00 a.m. each morning making sure fresh [...]
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