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International Association
of Machinists Newsletter
Check out page 5 for a feature our members at Airtran!
Click Here for the newsletter (pdf).
Thanks to all who
participated in the NALC's "Stamp Out Hunger" Drive!
Even grosser than pink
slime...
I hope you don’t mind a little salmonella and E. coli
in your chicken. Because if the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) gets its way, chicken contaminated
with disease, feathers and other really disgusting stuff
could be on its way to your dinner plate within the year.
We count on USDA inspectors to help us keep our families
safe and healthy. But the USDA wants to save money by
throwing about 1,000 of them out of work.
Hurry: Sign our petition against the
“dirty chicken” rule today, and tell the USDA inspectors
they can count on us, too.
Aflac agrees to pay former employee
nearly $17,000 following US Labor Department investigation
of Family and Medical Leave Act violation
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Columbus-based American
Family Life Assurance Co., known as Aflac, has agreed to pay
a former employee $16,882 after an investigation by the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the
company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by
terminating an employee who took intermittent leave for a
serious health condition.
Click Here for the story from OSHA.
US Department of Labor's OSHA
cites truck wash in Jackson, Ga., with 14
safety and health violations; proposed penalties total more
than $57,000
JACKSON, Ga. – The U.S. Department
of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
cited Eagle United Truck Wash LLC for 14 safety and health
violations at its facility within the Flying J Truck Stop in
Jackson. Proposed penalties total $57,600 following a
February inspection that was initiated based on a complaint.
Click Here for the story from OSHA.
From
CLC affiliate USW Local 795:
Please click on the link below and sign the petition at the bottom of
the page. Read what is happening in our members at local 9504 in
Montgomery, AL.
President Pete Preskitt Local 9504 at Maxwell – Gunter Air Force Base
in Montgomery, AL stand to lose over 1,000 jobs if the Government moves
the C-130 H aircraft to another location. Help our members out at Local
9504 and sign the petition at the link below. Hopefully we can save our
USW jobs in Montgomery, AL with your help.
Click Here.
SB 469 Beat Back! Message
from GA AFL-CIO President Charlie Flemming
We did it!
Your hard work, your phone calls, your emails, your Facebook
messages to friends -- they not only helped defeat the anti-free-speech
bill SB 469, they helped build a growing, energized movement to take
back our state capitol from special interests and give it back to the
people of Georgia.
And while the bill slashing unemployment insurance
for jobless Georgians unfortunately passed,
as did an anti-project labor agreement bill, we will continue to work in
bipartisan coalition with working families and advocates across Georgia
to fight for an economy that works for everyone.
I'm incredibly proud to be a part of the labor movement, and I wanted
to thank all my union brothers and sisters and our friends in allied
groups (there are too many allies to name!) for all of the hard work
that brought us this victory.
In solidarity,
Charlie Flemming, President
Georgia State AFL-CIO
P.S.: I thought you might like to read some of the many news stories
about our victory and our rally on the last day of the session. Check
out these links:
Dock Worker Killed
Dianne Pinckney Cobb, a member of ILA 1475, was
killed by a forklift on the Georgia Ports Ocean Terminal on
Wednesday morning. May she rest in peace.
Click Here more from Savannah Morning
News.
Read about our own American Federation of Musicians Local
447-704 member in Connect Savannah:
Click Here.
Coverage of the anti-SB
469 Protest in Atlanta on Saturday, March 17th
Here is news coverage from Atlanta last Saturday.
CLC affiliate members from SFT/PSRP 2069, Teamsters 728, AFM
447-704, AFGE
554, Machinists District 112 and OPEIU 277 joined ILA 1414
members on the
bus to Atlanta. Over 1,500 folks marched around the capitol
and rallied
with the focus on SB 469. A great statement for Labor!
Click Here for
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, and
Click Here for WSBTV.
Chipping Away at Labor
Rights
Retired Lt. Colonel, Working America member and
friend of the Savannah CLC Bill Gillespie weighs in on the
anti-worker SB 469
Click Here for the letter.
Union Members at Work!
Alexandria Davis, member of American Federation of
Musicians Local 447-704, IWW and also a volunteer for the
Savannah CLC, plays the bagpipes at a number of functions
and events around the low country.
Click Here for a sample of her
performing.
Click Here for her website, with more
samples and booking information.
Cooper Tire Lockout Ended!
The United Steelworkers (USW) said that members
of Local 207L have ratified a five-year contract with Cooper
Tire and Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB), ending a three-month
lockout at the company’s Findlay, Ohio tire plant.
The new contract was ratified with approximately 66% of the
948 ballots cast.
“Our brothers and sisters have once again made their voices
heard,” said USW Local 207L President Rodney Nelson. “As a
committee, we are proud to have remained united and
delivered a fair contract, despite Cooper’s best attempts to
divide us.”
Click Here for Rest of Story.
Unions, not manufacturing,
key to economic revival.
"If there's a single
reason the median wage has dropped dramatically for
non-college workers over the past 3 1/2 decades, it's the
decline of unions. In the 1950s, more than a third of
American workers were represented by a union. Now, fewer
than 7 percent of private-sector workers have a union behind
them." (from SFGate.com)
Click Here for Rest of Story.
Apple - Make
your products ethically! Think
of work shifts lasting up to 60 hours. Exhausted workers
dying in explosions or throwing themselves from factory
rooftops. Injuries so bad from repetitive motions that some
workers lose use of their hands. According to recent press
reports, that’s what work is like for assembly workers in
China who build iPhones, iPads and iPods.
That’s why the AFL-CIO is joining a worldwide movement
calling on Apple to commit to nothing less than excellence
in workers’ rights.
Sign our petition: Tell Apple to treat its workers with
respect.
Click Here
AFL-CIO's President Richard Trumka's Statement on 2011 Union
Membership: "Working men
and women want to come together to improve their lives:
That’s the message from today’s report on 2011 union
membership. Despite an unprecedented volley of partisan
political attacks on workers’ rights and the continuing
insecurity of our economic crisis, union membership
increased slightly last year..."
Click Here
for the rest of the statement.
From our
friends at Wal-Mart Watch: Yesterday,
our friends from Warehouse Workers United challenged Walmart
to save jobs and adopt a Responsible Contractor Policy. They
rallied in Mira Loma, California outside of Schneider
Logistics, a Walmart contractor that is planning to fire
more than 100 workers at the end of February. The move comes
after workers participated in a lawsuit to recover stolen
wages. These workers deliver millions of pounds of goods
every year, moving items from warehouses to Walmart shelves
across the country.
I'm proud that members of OUR Walmart, UFCW Local 770, and
UFCW Local 1428 joined the demonstration. Now, I'm asking
you to stand with Warehouse Workers United and tell Walmart
to treat all employees with respect. Please
sign the petition and stay
tuned for more developments in this ongoing struggle.
The NLRB
Scores a Win: "On
December 21, the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
approved rule changes that will help streamline the union
election process. Historically, one of the biggest hurdles
facing membership drives has been management’s use of
stalling tactics.
Management knows that the more time it
has to intimidate, flatter, threaten, cajole, and otherwise
confound the workforce, the better its chances of keeping
the union out." Read more in
Counterpunch,
Click Here
American
Federation of Musicians has
an online newsletter with a feature on AFM member and CLC
activist Alexandria Davis.
Click Here
to check it out!
Bill of
Rights - 1791 - 2011: With
large bipartisan support, Congress passed the National
Defense Authorization Act of 2012.
In addition to military funding, this bill allows
for indefinite detention of United
States citizens without charge or trial.
Click Here
for the Senate roll call vote.
Click Here
House roll call vote.
President Obama signed the bill into law on December 31st,
2011.
Made in
America: An
American homebuilder has pledged to use only US-made
materials in building homes. If US builders used 5%
more US-made materials, he says, this could mean hundreds of
thousands of new jobs.
Click Here
for video.
Click Here
for
the list.
Warren on Healthcare
Elizabeth Warren explains some fatal flaws of the current, for profit
healthcare system.
Click Here.
Buy Union!
The Georgia AFL-CIO has a growing list of union
businesses and services in our state. Check it out!
Click Here.
Video:
SB 5 Defeated in Ohio! -
Please check out this video and statement by AFL-CIO
president Richard Trumka .
Click Here
TAKE ACTION: Sweetening Profits at the top, while
sacrificing good American jobs.
Tell American Crystal Sugar to end the lockout and negotiate
fair and square!
Click Here.
Video:
Hotel would bring jobs to Savannah -
Savannah CLC President Brett Hulme speaking to the Chatham
County Commission in favor of a proposed hotel development.
This could mean hundreds of jobs.
Click Here
Savannah CLC
Wholeheartedly Supports the OccupySavannah Movement
Read the UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED resolution.
Click Here
(click text to enlarge).
Democrats Propose $400
billion in Medicare Cuts
Read more about the Obama Administration's "super
Committee's" plans to slash this critical program and what
you can do about it.
Click Here.
President
Obama supports ending Saturday Postal Service delivery, Post
Office closings.
Click Here.
The
Savannah CLC is now on
Facebook.
Click Here.
News
Feeds Updated: Scroll down and you'll see our
news feed boxes have been updated. Click for the
latest stories from the AFL-CIO
blog, Labor Notes, Working In These Times, LabourStart
and Portside Labor.
We also have automatically updating stories from
Physicians for a National Health
Program in the
"Issues & Actions" section.
"Big Box" retailer Target is known
to many for their policy of union busting,
even if not as famously as Wal-Mart. Check this
anti-union video Target shows employees. Use this
as a tool to counter the lies and distortions union busters use to scare
workers out of forming unions. One of the
best weapons against the shady business of "union avoidance" is to
expose them to the light of day. Target knows this, and
they routinely pull the video down every time it appears online.
Check it out while its still up
Here.
Here's the US Department of Labor's
online newsletter. Check it out
here. National
Association of Letter Carriers #578 has
some space that could be used as a union hall or office space. The
building is located in Pooler just west of Highway 95. For more
information, contact Bob Covino at (912) 660 - 0222.
Workers often have an extremely difficult time overcoming employer
intimidation when they want to form a union. Even when they get
one, workers may have a hard time keeping their union,
as happened in 2008 in Savannah. Learn more about the
dirty tricks and lies many bosses use to crush workers' rights:
Union Busting 101 -
Click Here
"Center for Union Facts" Creator
Richard Berman Exposed -
Click Here
American Rights at Work's "Anti-Union
Network" -
Click Here
Rep. John Barrow has refused to co-sign on the Employee Free Choice Act
Call him today and remind him of his promise to be "on our
side" and lead the way for true labor law reform - and not to bow to
corporate pressure! His
Washington Office confirmed if the EFCA was voted on today, he would
"definitely" vote NO.
Let him know the voters outnumber the corporate lobbyists any day of the
week - especially election day!
(202) 225-2823 Washington
(912) 354-7282 Savannah
Today In Labor History
(brought to you by our friends at
BigLabor.com)
Today in Labor History for the week of May 14
 May
14
Milwaukee brewery workers begin 10-week strike, demanding contracts
comparable to East and West coast workers. The strike was won because
Blatz Brewery accepts their demands, but Blatz was ousted from the
Brewers Association for “unethical” business methods - 1953
May 15
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union
leaders
 for
supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where
workers were striking for a nine-hour day. A lower court had forbidden
the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey
the judge’s anti-boycott injunction - 1906
The Library Employees’ Union is founded in New York City, the first
union of public library workers in the United States. A major focus of
the union was the inferior status of women library workers and their low
salaries - 1917
The first labor bank opens in Washington, D.C., launched by officers of
the Machinists. The Locomotive Engineers opened a bank in Cleveland
later that year - 1920
Death of IWW song writer T-Bone Slim, New York City - 1942
Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathon Kwitney reports that AFL-CIO
President George Meany, Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland and other union
officials are among the 60 leading stockholders in the 15,000 acre Punta
Cana, Dominican Republic resort. When the partners needed help clearing
the land, the Dominican president sent troops to forcibly evict
stubborn, impoverished tobacco farmers and fishermen who had lived there
for generations, according to Kwitney’s expose - 1973
May 16
Minneapolis general strike backs Teamsters, who are striking most of the
city’s trucking companies - 1934
U.S. Supreme Court issues Mackay decision, which permits the permanent
replacement of striking workers. The decision had little impact until
Ronald Regan’s replacement of striking air traffic controllers (PATCO)
in 1981, a move that signaled antiunion private sector employers that it
was OK to do likewise - 1938
 Black
labor leader and peace activist A. Philip Randolph dies. He was
president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and first black on
the AFL-CIO executive board, and a principal organizer of the 1963 March
on Washington - 1979
[A.
Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait
is a fascinating biography of a great American hero. A. Philip
Randolph (1889-1979) was not only the most famous African American labor
leader of his time, he was also a key figure in the civil rights
movement. In the UCS bookstore now.]
May 17
First women’s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954
Twelve Starbucks baristas in a mid-town Manhattan store, declaring they
couldn’t live on $7.75 an
 hour,
signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the
World, or Wobblies. Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers
their union to this day - 2004
May 18
In what may have been baseball’s first labor strike, the Detroit Tigers
refuse to play after team leader Ty Cobb is suspended: he went into the
stands and beat a fan who had been heckling him. Cobb was reinstated
and the Tigers went back to work after the team manager’s failed attempt
to replace the players with a local college team: their pitcher gave up
24 runs - 1912
Amalgamated Meat Cutters union organizers launch a campaign in the
nation’s packinghouses, an effort that was to bring representation to
100,000 workers over the following two years - 1917
Big Bill Haywood, a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers
of the World (the Wobblies), dies in exile in the Soviet Union - 1928
Atlanta transit workers, objecting to a new city requirement that they
be fingerprinted as part of the employment process, go on strike. They
relented and returned to work six months later - 1950
Insurance Agents International Union and Insurance Workers of America
merge to become Insurance Workers International Union (later to merge
into the UFCW) - 1959
Oklahoma jury finds for the estate of atomic worker Karen Silkwood,
orders Kerr-McGee Nuclear Co. to pay $505,000 in actual damages, $10
million in punitive damages for negligence leading to Silkwood’s
plutonium contamination - 1979
 [The
Killing of Karen Silkwood is an updated edition of the
groundbreaking book about the death of union activist Karen Silkwood, an
employee of a plutonium processing plant, who was killed in a mysterious
car crash on her way to deliver important documents to a newspaper
reporter in 1974. Silkwood’s death at age 28 was highly suspicious: she
had been working on health and safety issues at the plant, and a lot of
people stood to benefit by her death. In the UCS bookstore now.]
May 19
Explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn. kills 184 miners - 1902
Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police
 Chief
Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven agents
- 1920
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, formed by the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, formally becomes the United Steelworkers of
America - 1942
31 dockworkers are killed, 350 workers and others are injured when four
barges carrying 467 tons of ammunition blow up at South Amboy, New
Jersey. They were loading mines that had been deemed unsafe by the Army
and were being shipped to the Asian market for sale - 1950
May 20
The Railway Labor Act took effect today. It was the first federal
legislation protecting workers’ rights to form unions - 1926
9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
Sources:
Toil and Trouble,
by Thomas R. Brooks; American Labor Struggles, by Samuel Yellen;
IWW calendar, Solidarity Forever;
Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor, edited by
Robert E. Weir and James P. Hanlan; Southwest Labor History
Archives/George Meany Center; Geov Parrish’s Radical History; workday
Minnesota; Andy Richards and Adam Wright,
AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council (graphics research).
Issues & Actions
From our friends
at Wal-Mart Watch: Yesterday,
our friends from Warehouse Workers United challenged Walmart
to save jobs and adopt a Responsible Contractor Policy. They
rallied in Mira Loma, California outside of Schneider
Logistics, a Walmart contractor that is planning to fire
more than 100 workers at the end of February. The move comes
after workers participated in a lawsuit to recover stolen
wages. These workers deliver millions of pounds of goods
every year, moving items from warehouses to Walmart shelves
across the country.
I'm proud that members of OUR Walmart, UFCW Local 770, and
UFCW Local 1428 joined the demonstration. Now, I'm asking
you to stand with Warehouse Workers United and tell Walmart
to treat all employees with respect. Please
sign the petition and stay
tuned for more developments in this ongoing struggle.
NO WAY on "Free Trade"!
Stop the US-Korea Free Trade
Agreement!
Click Here.
Bill Clinton
and Rahm Emmanuel brought us
NAFTA, George W. Bush Brought
us CAFTA. The results of these
so-called "free trade" agreements have been devastating.
Barack Obama doesn't want to be outdone, so he has brought us no
less than THREE new "free trade" agreements; with
Korea, Colombia and Panama.
Read about them
HERE. Contact your Senators and Representatives
HERE and tell them NO WAY on "FREE TRADE" and
REPEAL THESE AGREEMENTS!!
Steelworkers at Honeywell Update: Members
ratify agreement, ending 13 month lockout.
Click Here
From
CREDO Action:
48 Senators, including Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Sen. Johnny Isakson, put
Big Oil before the American people and helped defeat a bill that would
have ended tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies.
Click here for more info and action instructions!
IKEA Update
Workers at Danville, Virginia facility vote
UNION YES!
Click Here
Rite Aid Update
After five long years, Rite Aid distribution center workers finally have
their union! for more info,
click here.
Wendy's & Arby's Update
So, good news for the Bakers Local 57 in Ohio - they now have a new
contract after over a year campaign of hand billing, letter writing, and
spreading the word on the internet.
For decades, these union represented workers had a positive relationship
with Wendy's. The trouble came then Arby's bought out Wendy's.
For more info on this successful campaign,
click here.
"Medicare for All" Health Care
"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you
cannot be too conservative." -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"First they ignore you, then they
laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" - Mahatma
Gandhi The Savannah
CLC and AFL-CIO support through resolutions a single payer, non-profit,
"Improved Medicare for All" system. "Everybody In, Nobody Out."
The Savannah CLC is a proud supporter of the
Labor for Single Payer Campaign.
Be sure to check our
Links &
Health Care Archives for lots of news and
commentary.
Latest News and Actions
Hijacked, Stolen Health Care Reform: Why Health Care Costs Will Not Be
Contained
(From Huffington Post, added here 8.3.10)
..Click for more info..
Wellpoint Executive turned Health Care Bill Author Heads to HHS
(From The Hill, added here 7.9.10)
..Click for more info..
Scare Tactics, Spin & Health Care
(From Counterpunch, added here 6.30.10)
..Click for more info..
U.S. Scores Dead Last in Health Care ...Again.
(From ABC News, added here 6.28.10)
..Click for more info..
Kevin Zeezse on Health Care: What Did We Get? Where are We? And, Where
do we go from here?
(From Huffington Post, added here 5.12.10)
..Click for more info..
3rd Largest Labor Council in Ohio Endorses HR 676
(From Unions for Single Payer, added here 5.12.10)
..Click for more info..
Round Two: The Battle for (Improved Medicare for All) Single Payer
(From Huffington Post, added here 5.10.10)
..Click for more info..
On Single Payer, Democrats Can't Be Trusted
(From Single Payer Action, added here 5.2.10)
..Click for more info..
'Frontline' fronts for Corporations, not the Public
(From PNHP, added here 5.1.10)
..Click for more info..
Health Insurers Hedge Bets with Fast Food Stock
(From PNHP, added here 5.1.10)
..Click for more info..
No Time to "Wait and See" on Health Law
(From PNHP, added here 5.1.10)
..Click for more info..
Greens: Now its Time to Work for Real Health Reform - Medicare for All
(From Firedog Lake, added here 5.1.10)
..Click for more info..
Employee Free Choice Act
"Let's
stand up to the business lobby that's been getting their friends in
Washington to block card check. I've fought
to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in the
Senate. And I will make it the law of the land when I'm President of the
United States of America."
-
Barack Obama (the candidate), speaking to the AFL-CIO in
2008. Working families in America are still waiting...
If this bill is introduced in the 2011 Congressional session, we'll be
sure to post information and news updates here.
"If you can't lower heaven, raise hell!" - Mother Jones
Rep. John Barrow has refused to co-sign on the Employee Free Choice Act
Call him today and remind him of his promise to be "on our
side" and lead the way for true labor law reform - and not to bow to
corporate pressure! His
Washington Office confirmed if the EFCA was voted on today, he would
"definitely" vote NO.
Let him know the voters outnumber the corporate lobbyists any day of the
week - especially election day!
(202) 225-2823 Washington
(912) 354-7282 Savannah
EFCA News and Actions
Be Sure to Check out our
EFCA News Archive
Harkin Hints Watered Down EFCA Could Move after 2010 Elections
(From The Hill, added here 6.28.10)
..Click for more info..
What Happened to the Employee Free Choice Act?
(From Firedog Lake, added here 4.28.10)
..Click for more info..
The Night they Drove Old EFCA Down
(From Working In These Times, added here 1.30.10)
..Click for more info..
Trumka Predicts EFCA Passage in 2010; Does Not Mention "Card Check"
(From AlterNet, added here 1.11.10)
..Click for more info..
2010 Last Chance for EFCA, Labor Advocate Says
(From Workday Minnesota, added here 1.11.10)
..Click for more info..
Wal-Mart
The World's Largest Retailer's unmatched record of anti-worker practices
earns the company a "Take Action!" section of its own. Also see the
Wal-Mart info on our Links page.
Explore the Issues...
From Wal-Mart Watch:
For years, Walmart Watch has been one of the leading sources for news on
how Walmart is impacting our society and economy. Thanks to your support
and interest, the struggle to challenge Walmart to improve its business
practices and treatment of workers has grown.
Due
to this success, Walmart Watch is joining forces with Making Change at
Walmart.
Making Change at Walmart is a campaign challenging Walmart to help
rebuild our economy and strengthen working families. Anchored by the
United Food and Commercial Workers, we are proud to join it this
coalition of Walm art
associates, union members, small business owners, religious leaders,
women's advocacy groups, community groups, multi-ethnic coalitions,
elected officials, and ordinary citizens who believe that changing
Walmart is vital for the future of our country.
Watch this new video are coming together to change Walmart!
By
working in solidarity with Walmart Associates, this new partnership will
allow us to focus our efforts on support those most directly impacted by
Walmart, while still bringing you the quality analysis you have come to
trust from Walmart Watch.
Please make sure to watch for Making Change at Walmart emails your inbox
(and make sure they aren't sent to your spam filter) for more
information on how you can continue to support the kind of change that
raises us all up!
From Wal-Mart
Watch: Nearly one hundred Wal-Mart Associates from
across the country traveled to Wal-Mart corporate headquarters.
They presented a declaration to Wal-Mart
executives, asking that the company respect their right to speak up
about problems they face in their stores, improve their wages and
working conditions, and treat all employees with respect.
View photos and a recap of the event at
OUR Wal-Mart’s website by clicking here.
The effort was an action taken by a new
Associate-led group, the Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart
(OUR Wal-Mart), which is seeking to improve the lives and working
conditions of Wal-Mart Associates in stores across the country.
The group is the largest ever of its type seeking to improve conditions
at Wal-Mart and broke in the news this past Wednesday in a story by the
New York Times.
If you’re a Wal-Mart Associate who is interested in this effort,
learn more about the Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart by
clicking here.
Since 2005, we at Wal-Mart Watch have sought to hold Wal-Mart fully
accountable for its impact on communities, the American workforce, the
retail sector, the environment and our nation’s economy.
As the world’s retail industry leader, Wal-Mart sets standards for
wages, benefits and beyond. This movement of Wal-Mart Associates has the
potential for making a real difference in the lives of fellow employees
– and because of Wal-Mart ’s position as a retail leader, their actions
will have consequences that reach far beyond their stores.
A petition for supporters of these Associates is circulating at the
Making Change at Wal-Mart site.
Click here to sign the petition.
Wal-Mart Partners with Unions Abroad. What are they Waiting for at Home?
(From American Rights at Work, added here 6.8.11)
..Click for more info..
Call on Wal-Mart to be Honest About Political Giving
Join Wal-mart Watch in calling for complete transparency in the
company's political giving.
Walmart’s Executive Vice President for
Corporate Affairs and Government Relations says that the company's
politics were "relentlessly nonpartisan" during the 2008 presidential
election.
But according to a new
Wal-Mart Watch report, Wal-mart's Political Action Committee
and the Walton family continue to give overwhelmingly to Republicans.
When Walmart's PAC has given to Democrats, it was to those Democrats who
were more likely to vote against President Obama's agenda. -
Wal-mart’s PAC and the Walton family continue to give overwhelmingly
to the GOP.
-
The primary area of increasing support for Democratic Party
candidates is among conservative Democrats in the House of
Representatives.
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Blue Dog Coalition Democrats and members of the Tea Party are
overrepresented in Wal-mart PAC political giving while Progressive
Caucus Democrats are significantly under-represented.
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Democrats supported by Wal-mart were much more likely to oppose key
elements of President Obama’s political agenda.
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At the state level, the company and family further wield their vast
resources to undermine the interests of Wal-mart’s core customers
(working families) and associates.
As Wal-mart's Shareholder Meeting
approaches, now is the time to call on Wal-mart to let the public know
the truth about its political giving.
 
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Each Year, a number of CLC affiliates participate in the
Christmas for Military Families program. Read two
heartfelt letters of thanks
Here.
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Please be sure to scroll down and see the latest
"In the News" stories. Also, we run
items from the AFL-CIO, Labor Notes, Labourstart, In These
Times. Scroll further to the
"Issues & Actions" for the latest news from
Physicians for a National Health Program.
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Thanks to all who came out to the CLC
Fish Fry at the Machinists' Home on Saturday.
We had a good turnout. For photos,
Click Here.
The GA AFL-CIO also has some photos
here.
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Did You Know? If you have any of the CLC web
pages saved in your "favorites" or "bookmarks", you may not
see updates unless you use the "refresh" button on your
browser. For example, the latest
CLC Calendar page will always be
here.
Please update your bookmarks.
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Our "About Us" page has been updated with "What We Do"
Here.
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It's all about the workers: if you're in the market
for a new car or truck, check out the 2011 UAW vehicle list
Here. The United
Steelworkers tell us how to buy union made tires
Here.
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