Category: AFL-CIO

CEOs gone wild..

Running out of yacht polish. Having to find a new butler. The dilemma of whether to vacation at your Vail or Hamptons estate. It must be hard to be a super-rich CEO. Today, we’re adding something truly stressful to their list: the launch of our updated Paywatch website. We’re exposing the outrageous pay and retirement…

Workers compensation battle expected in House

SOURCE The Journal Record   OKLAHOMA CITY – Though it cleared the Oklahoma Senate with no amendments, little debate and a big spread of yes votes, the mammoth overhaul of the workers’ compensation system probably won’t be getting the same fast-track reception on the other side of the Capitol. Designed to eliminate the present court-based…

Legislative Session 2013

Below is a list of some of those bills and their status the Oklahoma AFL-CIO is tracking.  The legislature has begun to hit deadlines, starting this week in the Senate.  This deadline has left some bills DEAD and will be removed from this list next week. The bills that are  have had changes sense the last Legislative Update. House…

Mitt’s Plan For The American Worker

[youtube_video id=”FrUwns7AM_s”] Mitt Romney may not be clear on his details, but he has made it clear that he will dismantle transportation and move forward anti-union laws. Our new video shows that plan. Across the country Romney and his GOP partners have made it clear in their platform that they will support states and Governors…

Oklahoma AFL-CIO Update August 29, 2012

            Oklahoma Labor Network OK AFL-CIO   Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Labor Day 2012 This Labor Day we recognize the men and women who do the work that keeps America Strong!  That is pretty much all of us, it does not matter what we do, our work make the work of others…

GET OUT AND VOTE!

            Oklahoma Labor Network OK AFL-CIO     Primary Elections are Tuesday, June 26 for the State of Oklahoma.  Make sure your vote counts!  Here are six steps you can take to protect your vote; Call the local elections office to verify the location of your polling place.  Locations may have changed, and…

Workers and Their Unions Key to Economic Turnaround, Election Outcome

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and Columbia University Professor Dorian Warren both say the best way to solve the nation’s economic crisis is to grow the middle class rather than allowing wealth to concentrate in fewer and fewer hands. Unions, they say, will play a vital role politically and economically in building a strong middle…