For example, thousands of Verizon Wireless and Business employees want the benefits and protections of a union contract, yet management is opposing their efforts to unite in the IBEW and CWA. Employees and customers in Northern New … [Read more...]
Dear Massachusetts: I think one of your welfare policies is swell.
One program through which this has been realized is Choices, which allows people receiving welfare opportunities to build economic security for their families. Through Choices, people receiving welfare and low-income workers are assessed on … [Read more...]
Painters Union Letter in Support of Equal Marriage
The following letter will be personalized and hand-delivered to targeted State Representatives and SenatorsDear Representative/Senator:This letter will serve as formal notification that Painters & Allied Trades District Council #35 is … [Read more...]
Immigration Bill Loses For Now
Tonight the Immigration Bill lost the floor on a cloture vote (45-50). Everyone agrees that the US needs a new immigration policy...but this bill was not it...there was something for everyone to hate in this bill...no matter what end of the … [Read more...]
Report From the MA-05 AFL-CIO Debate
It's late, I'm beat as hell, but I managed to finish fixing up my notes from tonight's AFL-CIO debate in Lowell with the MA-05 candidates, including independent candidate Patrick Murphy. Lowell Telecom. taped the event, I'll find out if … [Read more...]
MA-05: Debate on Labor (Monday, June 4)
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council are cosponsoring yet another MA-05 candidates' forum, this one focusing on labor and working family issues, this coming Monday, June 4, at the Little Theater at … [Read more...]
Kennedy’s Immigration Bill A Lose-Lose for American Workers AND Immigrants
Sen. Kennedy has done some great things in his career, but this Senate Immigration package is a cut and paste that is now so flawed that there is something in it for just about anyone to hate. American workers?especially American … [Read more...]
Clear Channel to U.S. Military Veterans: No Jobs in Massachusetts for You
Texas-based Clear Channel Outdoor chose the week of Memorial Day to tell striking billboard workers, including a significant number of U.S. Military veterans employed by the company, that they no longer had jobs. Members of Sign Local #391 … [Read more...]
5th CD Candidates Join Clear Channel Boycott
On Friday morning, May 11th, 5th Congressional District candidates Eileen Donoghue, Jamie Eldridge, Barry Finegold and Niki Tsongas will formally kickoff a campaign boycott of corporate giant Clear Channel Outdoor according to Painters … [Read more...]
Entire Mass Congressional Delegation Backs Clear Channel Strikers
On the 50th day of the strike by Sign and Pictorial Local #391 and IBEW Local #103 members against Clear Channel Outdoor, the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation sent a letter to the corporation's top executives urging an … [Read more...]
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