Unions say the Senate passage of a $26 billion dollar aid package to states will save hundreds of thousands of teacher, firefighter and public safety officer jobs. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee.

[McEntee]: “It was a critical vote to keep hundreds of thousands of Americans in both the private and public sectors on the job. And it prevented critical services, including education and public safety from being decimated.”

SEIU President Mary Kay Henry says workers coast to coast are cheering this news.

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Workers Independent News Labor Radio
Internet Radio Program 08/04/10
Producers: Doug Cunningham & Jesse Russell

Labor Radio Rundown:

1) WIN Newscast

2) WIN's Jesse Russell reports in depth on the CWA's efforts to help T-Mobile workers get a union. CWA President Larry Cohen says efforts like these have to be vigorous and sustained if workers have any hope of reversing labor's fortunes in the U.S.

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During the Communication Workers of America’s annual conference last week the union reasserted its support for T-Mobil workers who are seeking to organize. New Jersey Field Technician Joe Micali spoke at the conference even though he was concerned doing so could cost him his job:

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A majority of New York’s city council members back a bill that requires developers who get public tax subsides to pay at least $10 an hour for the permanent jobs created. The Micah Institute’s Edison Bond is part of the labor, faith and community coalition supporting the Living Wage.

[Bond]: “In the faith community we are called to address the poor, we are called to address poverty. It is important that our people in the city of New York make a fair wage.”

A majority of New York’s city council members back a bill that requires developers who get public tax subsides to pay at least $10 an hour for the permanent jobs created. The Micah Institute’s Edison Bond is part of the labor, faith and community coalition supporting the Living Wage.

[Bond]: “In the faith community we are called to address the poor, we are called to address poverty. It is important that our people in the city of New York make a fair wage.”

United Auto Workers President Bob King says the union’s campaign to organize the unorganized foreign auto transplant factories in the U.S. will be a broader strategic campaign than ever before.

[King]: “What we want is for companies to recognize the workers’ First Amendment rights. Workers should have a right of free speech, they should have a right of association without being intimidated - in some cases terrorized by the boss - without having

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