Category: AFL-CIO

Memorial Day, Celebrate the Union Way!

Use these products from members of the BCTGM, IBB, IUANPW, IUE-CWA, UAW and the UFCW. FIRE UP A UNION-MADE GRILL: Weber (made by Int’l Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers) Thermador (IBB-made) ON A BUN: Butterball burgers and franks Wenzel’s sausage Smithfield sausage Oscar Meyer hot dogs Boars Head hot dogs Ball Park Franks Hebrew…

514 – What’s on the plate

Exit Bankruptcy and Equity Stake Questions and Answers, Equity Hub Letter from AA, November 29th, 2013 Letter on Equity Distribution for Unions- See all the letters HERE American Airlines Group Inc. [AAL] to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Remotely From Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – Read more MOU 4.3% Pay increase on Effective date of AA/US…

Buy Union Week–Nov. 29, 2013-Dec. 8, 2013

The 10 days following Thanksgiving are designated by the AFL-CIO as “Buy Union” week to encourage union members to look for union-made goods and services when buying Holiday gifts and other items. Supporting union-made products helps keep good jobs in the community and could have the added benefit of encouraging increased manufacturing at home. That’s…

North East Oklahoma Labor Council (NEOLC) Looking for Delegates.

The NEOLC needs delegates to help advance labor in Oklahoma. Please fill out the form below if you have any interest in this. (must be logged in to see the form, Log in  HERE  New Users log in HERE )          Section 3. Affiliated local unions in good standing (that is, not more…

514 – What’s on the plate

TWU International Convention The 2013 – TWU International Board of Executives HERE Resolution: Protecting the Airline Industry’s Maintenance Craft HERE Combining Shops Powerplant Machine Shop Combination Shops 259-1, 256-2, & 256-1 The TWU will be moving most of the equipment, the extremely heavy machines will be done by an outside vendor. CRO Exteriors Shops 279-1…

RALLY – RALLY – RALLY, Rally against the Government Shutdown

AFGE Local 916 will be holding a Rally Against the Government Shutdown Date:  Monday, October 7 Time:  3:30 – 5:30pm Location:  4444 S Douglas Blvd                    Oklahoma City, OK 73150 View Map The purpose of this rally is to speak out against the government shutdown, the furloughs, sequestration, and the mistreatment of the federal workforce. Make sure to…

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Addresses TWU Constitutional Convention

  The words solidarity, workers’ rights and fight for all workers brought Delegates to their feet on Wednesday at the 24th Constitutional Convention as they heard from a series of speakers including keynote speaker, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Trumka expressed his support for TWU and motivated the crowd to continue to strengthen the labor movement…

AFL-CIO Calls for a Broad and Inclusive Labor Movement and Assisting All Workers to Organize

Excerpted and reposted from: http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/AFL-CIO-Calls-for-a-Broad-and-Inclusive-Labor-Movement-and-Assisting-All-Workers-to-Organize Today (Sept. 9, 2013), in a culmination of months of listening sessions and reflection, the AFL-CIO announced that any U.S. worker can join the labor movement and that the labor federation will develop several new pathways for workers to join the labor movement, either through affiliate unions, AFL-CIO’s community affiliate Working…