Month: March 2017

AFL-CIO Analysis of President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 Budget

   AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s proposed budget:   “Working people in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin didn’t vote for a budget that slashes workforce training and fails to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. President Trump’s proposed budget attempts to balance the budget on the backs of…

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IBM to Hire 2,000 U.S. Veterans into New Collar Technology Careers

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM), America’s largest technology employer, today announced it will hire 2,000 U.S. veterans over the next four years. These positions are part of the company’s broader pledge to hire 25,000 U.S. workers through 2020, and many are “new collar jobs” that do not always require a four-year college…

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Danker and TWU Maintenance Presidents Fed Up With Slow Negotiations

Source: Star Telegram Contract talks drag on for American Airlines mechanics More than three years after American Airlines merged with US Airways, thousands of workers who fix the Fort Worth-based airline’s planes still don’t have a joint contract. The 10,000 employees in what’s known as the maintenance and related workgroup, including mechanics, store clerks who…

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Oklahoma AFL-CIO March Report, 3-14-2017

Legislation When session started in February, the Oklahoma AFL-CIO was tracking almost 350 bills that would have affected our members. Through the work of many labor organizations, many bad legislative bills have already died. However; there are still bills out there that we are pushing to pass (which would help working Oklahomans), and others we…

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