By Doug Cunningham
Several unions representing Amtrak have reached a tentative agreement with the company. After a Presidential Emergency Board recommendation that Amtrak essentially agree to the union position, bargaining resumed Wednesday between Amtrak and several unions. Because Amtrak took a take it or leave it stance refusing to bargain in good faith, workers have gone eight years without a new contract agreement. The tentative agreement averts a strike that could have started January 30th. The tentative agreement closely follows what the Presidential Emergency Board recommended. Don Griffin is Director of Strategic Coordination and Research for the Teamsters’ Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way.
WIN Week In Review January 18-20, 2008
By Doug Cunningham
Several unions representing Amtrak have reached a tentative agreement with the company. After a Presidential Emergency Board recommendation that Amtrak essentially agree to the union position, bargaining resumed Wednesday between Amtrak and several unions. Because Amtrak took a take it or leave it stance refusing to bargain in good faith, workers have gone eight years without a new contract agreement. The tentative agreement averts a strike that could have started January 30th. The tentative agreement closely follows what the Presidential Emergency Board recommended. Don Griffin is Director of Strategic Coordination and Research for the Teamsters’ Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way.
All this week, the union movement has been honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. One of the most long-lasting actions may be providing a new generation of children with some of the tools they need to achieve the economic equality King fought for during his life.
As part of the annual AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Day celebration, the federation and member unions, especially the Transport Workers (TWU), donated 30 computers to schools in the Memphis area, including an entire computer lab to Caldwell Elementary School, where 96 percent of the pupils are considered disadvantaged. AFSCME also donated $15,000 worth of clothing, toys and school supplies to three Head Start centers.
The Electrical Workers (IBEW) wired the computer lab, and the donations had the full support of the AFT and the National Education Association.
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