Thousands of union members, community activists, religious leaders and others turned out in Washington, D.C., today to confront Big Insurance and demand insurance companies stop plotting to kill health care reform even as Congress debates bills to reform the nation’s broken health care system. Read More>>

The jobless rate remained at 9.7 percent, with 36,000 jobs lost in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports today. The biggest hit came in construction, where employment fell by 64,000. Manufacturing remained steady but 18,000 jobs were lost in the information industry. Temporary help services added 48,000 jobs. Read More>>

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

AFL- CIO Office, Montgomery, Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

TIRE UNIONS PRESSING OBAMA

Unless there's a compromise, President Barack Obama faces having to choose between union workers who supported his election bid or good relations with China that holds significant U.S. debt.

Obama faces a Sept. 17 deadline to act on a recommendation by the U.S. International Trade Commission to slap a tariff on cheaper imported Chinese car and light truck tires so domestic tire makers can compete.

Tire worker unions in Gadsden and Tuscaloosa are urging Obama to put a duty on imports that unions say reduce American jobs because domestic tire makers can't compete with manufacturers who pay lower wages and don't have expensive environmental and regulatory restrictions.   Read more >

 

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

NELP joins with its partners in releasing a new report, Confronting the Gloves-Off Economy: America's Broken Labor Standards and How to Fix Them. Read More

 

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

THE ROAD TO RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTING

Lessons from States and Cities for Ensuring
That Federal Contracting Delivers Good Jobs
and Quality Services  Read More

 

 

27th BIENNIAL CONVENTION HELD

From Vance McCrary, Chair, Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation