UAW Ford local honors Hunger March veteran Dave Moore
LIVONIA, Mich. — People said it was one of the largest turnouts ever, but that’s not surprising when Dave Moore is the person being honored. Moore, a veteran of the Ford Hunger March who later helped organize the United Auto Workers’ famous Local 600 at Ford’s Rouge plant in 1941, was honored by hundreds of UAW Local 600 retirees at their 30th annual luncheon here.
UE weighs in on Washington health care proposals
The meeting at the union’s national headquarters in Pittsburgh on May 14-15, UE’s General Executive Board discussed the national debate on health care and the reform proposals now being considered by Congress and the Obama administration. The union’s national leadership board adopted the following statement on health care reform:
Unions urge OSHA to enforce swine flu worker protections
With more than 5,000 confirmed and probable cases of the H1NI (swine flu) virus in the United States—including 82 infections in health care workers—as well as six deaths and reports that the virus is continuing to spread, the AFL-CIO and several unions today urged the federal government to act swiftly to protect workers.
Labor Dept. dangles big carrot to get states to expand jobless aid
The U.S. Labor Department is dangling a $3.5 billion carrot in front of state governments to get them to expand the numbers and categories of workers eligible for unemployment benefits.
North Carolina workers battle Smithfield Packing's union busting ways
For many years the name Smithfield Packing was synonymous with violation of international human rights standards, retaliation against workers who reported injuries, threats, intimidation and violence against workers trying to organize a union. The company earned that reputation at its Tarheel, N.C plant where assembly line speeds were so fast that hundreds suffered brutal and disabling injuries.
UAW workers in Wisconsin protest shipping U.S. auto jobs to Mexico
UAW workers and their supporters are hitting the picket lines at the Chrysler engine plant in Kenosha Wisconsin today to protest the use of U.S. tax dollars to close the plant and ship its jobs to Mexico. Glenn Stark is President of UAW Local 72.
On health care, unions leave no stone unturned
Unions are making it clear that Democrats crafting a new health care plan for America must not go too far in appeasing a health insurance industry intent on maintaining its profits.
Hartmarx workers sit-in vote spreads to Rochester, NY
In a powerful rising movement to save jobs, union workers are flexing their muscle these days nationwide by voting unanimously to sit-in at factories and not let bailed-out banks decide their fate.
Cheney, Rove attack Employee Free Choice. Thanks!
Workers who want to pass the Employee Free Choice Act don’t just have a broad coalition of allies in support of them—they’re also very, very lucky in their enemies. Opposing the legislation has become a cottage industry for out-of-work, right-wing hacks, and the fight has attracted the attention of one of the most widely loathed out-of-work, right-wing hacks: Dick Cheney.
Machinists call for major changes in the airline industry
WASHINGTON - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. Wednesday called for major changes to the airline industry in testimony before a Congressional committee. Roach spoke before the Aviation Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2009.
