Machinists Endorse Trumka Team to Lead AFL-CIO
WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced its support of Richard Trumka, Liz Shuler and Arlene Holt Baker in their bids to lead the 10-million member AFL-CIO. Click here to read full story
Hightower Lowdown - Employee Free Choice Act
Since Reagan, unions have been squeezed out of the
workplace
Time for real workplace democracy-- not the phony company
version
Last October, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus blew a gasket,
spewing outrage in all directions. "This is the demise of
civilization," he exploded. "This is how a civilization
disappears. I'm watching this happen and I don't believe it!"
Bernie's outburst came during an hour-long conference call with
various other corporate executives and their political operatives.
The purpose was to collect industry funds for a campaign to kill a
piece of legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
Yes, the spark that ignited Bernie's fury, the hellish horror that
he insisted would produce America's Armageddon, was a simple labor
bill, and he was demanding that the corporate powers rally to save
civilization as they know it. Click here to
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