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Last updated Sunday, July
6, 2008
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CLC
Labor Endorsements:
The CLC
recommended and the GA AFL-CIO concurred with the following
Labor endorsements:
US Senate........................................Rand Knight
1st Congressional District..............Bill Gillespie
12th Congressional District............John Barrow
Georgia Senate District 2................Lester Jackson
Georgia House District 161.............Clarence "Teddy"
Williams
Chatham County Commission:
Chairman........................................Pete Liakakis
District 4.........................................Gerald Freedman
These primary endorsements are based on Labor issues only.
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House and Senate candidates,..Click
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Are
You Coming to the 2008 Labor Awards?
If you
have already purchased your tickets, Thank You, If not please
purchase them very soon!
The date for the
annual Labor Awards Dinner is rapidly approaching. You may still
participate by purchasing Tables @ $850.00 each or individuaily
tickets @ $90.00 each.
(From AFL-CIO,
added here 7.01.08) ..Click
for more info..
Teleride
Workers in Savannah Vote Union Yes!
Teleride
Van Drivers voted 17-0 for representation from the ATU(Amalgamated
Transit Unionon) May 9, 2008 and was confirmed by the NLRB.
(From ATU Local
1324, added here 6.23.08) ..Click
for more info..
Savannah
Student Wins Music Scholarship:
American
Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 447-704 of Savannah
is proud to announce a scholarship award to a talented local
student. On Thursday, May 29, 2008 AFM Local 447-704 President
Mark Sellman presented a scholarship check of $1,000 to Daryl
Giuliano, a graduating senior of the Savannah Arts Academy.
The scholarship is
sponsored by the Music Performance Fund (MPF), affiliated with
the AFM. The MPF Scholarship Program was initiated in 1996 out
of concern with the development of tomorrow’s professional
musician.
Ms. Giuliano will
be attending Georgia State University School of Music this fall
as a music performance major. She has been playing cello since
the age of twelve, studying with Glenn Fischbach, former principal
cellist of the Savannah Symphony.
(From AFM Local
447-704, added here 6.16.08) ..Click
for more info..
New
and Improved McCain revealed:
Straight
talker? Maverick?
John McCain
has worked hard to create that media image for himself. But
where does he really stand on the issues that matter to working
families? Now he's trying to show he's "a different kind
of Republican"—even though he voted with President
Bush 95 percent of the time last year.
Find out about the
real John McCain at our updated and expanded McCain Revealed
online briefing book. We’ve researched McCain’s record
and his plans for the country to find out what a McCain presidency
would mean for working families. Our new and expanded online
briefing book includes the latest information on McCain’s
record and positions on the economy, health care, trade, jobs,
retirement security, workers’ rights and the Bush agenda.
(From AFL-CIO,
added here 6.16.08) ..Click
for more info..
Forbes:
Fears of a Union Renaissance:
Who's afraid
of a little organized labor? U.S. business, that's who.
Union membership
encompasses just 7.5% of the private sector, but the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce is fearful of a potential resurgence in the United
States. Now the group, which represents business interests,
is opposing a laundry list of bills fluttering about Capitol
Hill, which the chamber says would make it easier to organize
a union, expand worker benefits at the expense of employers
and lift the caps on punitive damages sought by employees in
lawsuits.
(From Forbes Magazine,
added here 6.10.08) ..Click
for more info..
Northern
Virginia Turns Up Heat on McCain:
Wherever
Sen. John McCain goes, so do we—union members, that is.
Yesterday, in the midst of a scorching heat wave, members of
Virginia unions and Working America were in Tysons Corner,
Va., where McCain was hitting up his corporate and other backers
for campaign cash. “We could tell people were surprised
by our ‘welcoming committee,’” says Daniel Duncan,
president of the Northern Virginia Central Labor Council. He
sends us this report.
(From AFL-CIO,
added here 6.10.08) ..Click
for more info..
McCain
on Health Care:
Soaring
health care costs are forcing wages down for people lucky enough
to have insurance. Another 47 million are uninsured. Although
John McCain says he intends to combat rising costs, his proposals
protect insurance company profits at the expense of working
families.We call on John McCain to reconsider his policies and
join us in working to ensure quality health care for all.
(From AFL-CIO,
added here 5.11.08) ..Click
for more info..
 
Set
the Record Straight: Tell the NY Times the Fight to Change Wal-Mart
is Just Beginning!
Read The New York Times today and prepare to be disappointed.
A new article claims the relationship between Andy Stern and
Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott signals a general slowdown in the movement
to change Wal-Mart.
We couldn't disagree
more.
The real story wasn't
told by The Times, but your voice can still be heard. Write
The New York Times today. Tell them you have not stopped working
to make Wal-Mart a responsible corporation.
..Click for more info..
Tell Hugo Boss:
Put our Union Brother back to work!
Hugo Boss is sticking to their guns on brother Tom Vannurden
(Unite/Here member). He is a disabled veteran that Hugo Boss
hired and later fired for lack of production. The company's
position seems to be that since they went through all the steps
before termination that they're justified. The case is going
to arbitration. Please call Mike Hagan at (912) 880-5200
and tell him to put this brother back to work now!
Wal-Mart's
Sustainability Swindle:
Wal-Mart has been touting its role as an environmental leader
since 2005, when it released it's three point plan for sustainability.
Since then, Wal-Mart's global CO2 emissions have risen significantly,
and Lee Scott has made the frank admission "We are not
green."
We need you to help
set the record straight in the media. Write your local media
outlets today, and tell them about Wal-Mart's "Sustainability
Swindle."
..Click for more info..
Tell
Congress: Say 'No' to Colombia Trade Deal: Columbia's
unionists operate in a climate of fear in their country. In
2007 alone, 40 Colombian trade unionists were murdered.
..Click for more info..
 
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