435 South McDonough St. • Montgomery, AL 36104 • Telephone: (334) 834-1061 • Fax: (334) 834-1065

 

 

 Vol. 35 No. 1
March 31, 2008

PER CAPITA TAX REMINDER
During the 26th Biennial Convention held October 22-24, 2007 a Resolution was adopted which authorized an increase in the per capita tax.

Effective January 1, 2008, the per capita tax was raised to 80˘ per member per month. If your local has a bookkeeper please make sure that they are informed of this change.

We appreciate your support of this Resolution and your support of the Alabama AFL-CIO. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let us know

CLEAR CONFERENCE
Administering the Local Union. Topics will include: Administrative duties of local office, increasing participation, the local union and politics, and parliamentary procedure. This conference will be held at CLEAR, 1044 11th Street, South in Birmingham on May 7, 2008. Registration fee is $75.00. For more information visit www.uab.edu/clear .

2008 ALABAMA AFL-CIO COMMUNITY SERVICE CONFERENCE
The 2008 Alabama AFL-CIO Community Services Conference will be held June 5-7, 2008 at the Island House Hotel, Orange Beach, Alabama. Registration fee is $50.00 per delegate and should be returned to the Alabama AFL-CIO along with registration form no later than May 28, 2008. For hotel and registration information please visit our website www.alaflcio.com and click on the Alabama AFL-CIO Community Services Conference link or call the Alabama AFL-CIO State Federation office at 334 834-1061.

2008 AOLAF BANQUET
This year’s Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation Banquet will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the Birmingham Marriott Hotel located at 3590 Grandview Parkway off Highway 280 just south of I 459. There will also be a cocktail reception from 6:00 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. immediately preceding the dinner.

A table of ten is only $500.00 and individual tickets can be purchased for $50.00 each. Checks should be made payable to AOLAF and sent to the Alabama AFL-CIO, 435 South McDonough Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104.

For more information please visit our website www.alaflcio.com and click on the 2008 AOLAF Banquet and AOLAF Essay Contest links or call the Alabama AFL-CIO State Federation office at 334 834-1061.

WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY
The West Alabama Labor Council will hold the National AFL-CIO Workers Memorial Day on Monday, April 28th at 1:00pm in Tuscaloosa at the planned building site for the Workers Memorial at the Greensboro Avenue and Jack Warner Parkway on the Tuscaloosa River Walkway. Union members and the public are invited to attend this event. Event speakers include Congressman Artur Davis and Tuscaloosa Mayor Watt Maddox. National Labor and Business Leaders have been invited to speak also. We are asking all union members to please attend our Memorial Day Event.

Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. The unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on April 28, Workers Memorial Day.

The first Workers Memorial Day was observed in 1989. April 28 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the day of a similar remembrance in Canada. Every year, people in hundreds of communities and at worksites recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. Trade unionists around the world now mark April 28 as an International Day of Mourning.

 

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