The fall of GM new thinking needed
DETROIT — It was a little more than 30 years ago that General Motors had 395,000 United Auto Workers hourly employees. Two years from now, GM will have 38,000 union workers, a decline of over 90 percent.
RI workers go to court, press lawmakers to protect rights
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Workers who were locked out of their jobs at a local factory in January have filed a federal lawsuit against their former employer and the private equity firm that shut the plant down.
As GM slashes, where do we go from here?
DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick thoughts.
As GM slashes, where do we go from here?
DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick thoughts.
As GM slashes, where do we go from here?
DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick thoughts.
Employee Free Choice will pass without gutting main thrust
AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel says labor’s number one priority – the Employee Free Choice Act labor law reform – will become law. It makes it easier for workers to join unions by taking employer intimidation out of the picture. And Samuel says the bill won’t be gutted by compromise that destroys its original intent.
Progressive majority is leaving conservatism isolated
WASHINGTON — What two things do people who are part of the Obama administration, trade unionists, civil rights activists, environmentalists, womens’ rights leaders, youth leaders, community organizers, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, senators and representatives, and health care and peace activists have in common?
Doubling down on green jobs
WASHINGTON (Sierra Club) -- Last August, then-candidate Barack Obama declared that, if elected, he would create five million new, green jobs. He's pushed that promise hard, with his stimulus package, appointments, and support of an ambitious climate-protection bill. But since he made the promise, more than five million Americans have lost their jobs. The fossil-fuel monopolies of the past -- coal and oil -- have mounted a vicious counterattack, hoping to strangle the clean-energy recovery before it can gain momentum. And Congress -- ever inclined to water things down and split the difference -- is showing more and more signs of missing the point: We need to do something BIG.
Quad City workers target Wells Fargo to save jobs
Rock Island, Ill. – Deb Johann has lived here her whole life. She has worked at the Quad City Die Casting factory in nearby Moline for the last 31 years. Johann is a proud member and leader of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 1174.
SPEECH Labor unity and overcoming racism
Remarks by Richard L. Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at the 38th Annual Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unions, Atlanta, Ga., on May 22, 2009.
