More than a year after they voted for a union, dealers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., finally can celebrate their victory. The National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) last week certified the UAW as their union.
The dealers at Trump Plaza voted by a 2-1 margin for the union on March 31, 2007. But the company filed objections, claiming statements of support by federal, state and local elected officials tainted the vote.
Says UAW President Ron Gettelfinger:
Management’s efforts to prevent workers from exercising their legal rights have failed. It’s way past time for them to come to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith with the union.
More than a year after they voted for a union, dealers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., finally can celebrate their victory. The National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) last week certified the UAW as their union.
The dealers at Trump Plaza voted by a 2-1 margin for the union on March 31, 2007. But the company filed objections, claiming statements of support by federal, state and local elected officials tainted the vote.
Says UAW President Ron Gettelfinger:
Management’s efforts to prevent workers from exercising their legal rights have failed. It’s way past time for them to come to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith with the union.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) just sent out one of its periodic snapshots, running it
nearly in its entirety below.
President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for the U.S. Department of Labor is dramatically out of balance. President Bush requested $58 million for Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS), which oversees 23,000 unions and union locals with 13 million members.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) just sent out one of its periodic snapshots, running it
nearly in its entirety below.
President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for the U.S. Department of Labor is dramatically out of balance. President Bush requested $58 million for Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS), which oversees 23,000 unions and union locals with 13 million members.
The nation’s postal customers responded with extraordinary generosity this year, donating a record 73.1 million pounds of food in the Letter Carriers’ (NALC‘s) 16th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive.
Letter carriers, on May 10, picked up the donations left at mailboxes in more than 10,000 communities. The food was delivered to local food banks, pantries and shelters to help needy families in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
Since 1993, the NALC food drive has collected 909 million pounds of food to help feed hungry families.
The nation’s postal customers responded with extraordinary generosity this year, donating a record 73.1 million pounds of food in the Letter Carriers’ (NALC‘s) 16th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive.
Letter carriers, on May 10, picked up the donations left at mailboxes in more than 10,000 communities. The food was delivered to local food banks, pantries and shelters to help needy families in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
Since 1993, the NALC food drive has collected 909 million pounds of food to help feed hungry families.
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Martin Heinrich has won the New Mexico Federation of Labor’s endorsement for U.S. Congress. |
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With the support of New Mexico’s unions, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan yesterday won the Democratic nomination for two open seats in the U.S. House.
The New Mexico Federation of Labor endorsed Heinrich for Congress last week. Heinrich, a member of the Albuquerque City Council, is running in the 1st District. Heinrich, the son of an Electrical Worker (IBEW) member, has pledged to fight for health care, good jobs and workers’ rights. The labor federation also endorsed Lujan, a New Mexico public regulation commissioner, who is running for Congress in the 3rd District.
The federation also has endorsed Democratic Rep. Tom Udall for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Pete Domenici. Udall currently represents the 3rd District.
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Martin Heinrich has won the New Mexico Federation of Labor’s endorsement for U.S. Congress. |
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With the support of New Mexico’s unions, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan yesterday won the Democratic nomination for two open seats in the U.S. House.
The New Mexico Federation of Labor endorsed Heinrich for Congress last week. Heinrich, a member of the Albuquerque City Council, is running in the 1st District. Heinrich, the son of an Electrical Worker (IBEW) member, has pledged to fight for health care, good jobs and workers’ rights. The labor federation also endorsed Lujan, a New Mexico public regulation commissioner, who is running for Congress in the 3rd District.
The federation also has endorsed Democratic Rep. Tom Udall for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Pete Domenici. Udall currently represents the 3rd District.
More than 100 union members and allies converged in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this week to ask Sen. John McCain for real solutions on the crisis in our economy.
McCain was in town for—what else?—a fundraiser with wealthy supporters, while outside, union members carried signs reading “Turn Around America” and demanding an end to the failed Bush policies that aren’t helping working families.
Unfortunately, McCain isn’t listening to these union members. Instead, he’s taking his economic cues from one of his campaign co-chairs, former Sen. Phil Gramm, a finance industry lobbyist who has been the subject of scrutiny in Newsweek, Mother Jones and Texas Observer, as well as on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” in recent days.
More than 100 union members and allies converged in Nashville, Tenn., earlier this week to ask Sen. John McCain for real solutions on the crisis in our economy.
McCain was in town for—what else?—a fundraiser with wealthy supporters, while outside, union members carried signs reading “Turn Around America” and demanding an end to the failed Bush policies that aren’t helping working families.
Unfortunately, McCain isn’t listening to these union members. Instead, he’s taking his economic cues from one of his campaign co-chairs, former Sen. Phil Gramm, a finance industry lobbyist who has been the subject of scrutiny in Newsweek, Mother Jones and Texas Observer, as well as on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” in recent days.
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