How did the brave crew of the Maersk Alabama recently fend off an attack by Somali Pirates?
“We’re American Sea-men. We’re Union Members. We stuck together and we did our jobs.”
The fact is then when you need a job done right, there are no one more skilled than America’s union workers.
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Union Members Save Ship From Pirates.
CWA Contract Expires, No Strike Yet
Note: The following is from KSworkbeat.org, the Website of the Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation and was written by Stuart Elliott
Contracts covering nearly 100,000 AT&T workers represented by the Communications Workers of America expired at midnight April 4, with many important issues — including employment security and health care — not resolved. The contracts will [...]
Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 9
Note: The following is from KSworkbeat.org, the Website of the Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation and was written by Stuart Elliott
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has announced that the nation’s largest food drive to combat hunger will be conducted this year on Saturday, May 9. On that day, letter carriers will collect non-perishable [...]
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AFL-CIO, Change to Win, NEA form National Labor Coordinating Committee
Note: The following is from KSworkbeat.org, the Website of the Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation and was written by Stuart Elliott
(April 7) The AFL-CIO, Change to Win and the National Education Association announced today the creation of a National Labor Coordinating Committee to consult among their affiliated unions and to act nationally on the critical [...]
Employee Free Choice Act Supported by the NAACP
Note: The following was pulled from KSworkbeat.org, the Website of the Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation which is maintained by Stuart Elliott. The article itself was written by Kevin Myles, whos is the president of the Wichita NAACP.
The EFCA is a bi-partisan bill, introduced in 2008 in the House by Rep. George Miller with 233 co-sponsors, and [...]
