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Avaya Outsourcing
05/22/13 - CWA Local 7777 Outsourcing of American Jobs Hurts all of us. STOP THE WAR ON COLORADO WRKERS Avaya Inc is outsourcing Colorado Jobs. Outsourcing hurts families, students, homemakers, taxpayers, local business and our economy. |
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Need a Union Taxi Driver?
05/22/13 - CWA Local 7777 Call Union Taxi for all of your transportation needs All are members of CWA Local 7777! 303.922. |
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Latest Bargaining Update 5-20-13
05/22/13 - AFSCME Local 2067 Please read and let us know what you think. |
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CONGRESS TO TSA: NO KNIVES ON PLANES - 145 Members of Congress Sign Letter to Administrator Pistole
05/22/13 - AFA US Airways MEC |
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East F/A - FLICA PLANNED OUTAGE - CBS Message
05/22/13 - AFA US Airways MEC |
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Merged MEC Election Results
05/22/13 - AFA US Airways MEC |
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Ottawa Pavilion workers strike, protesting unfair bargaining
05/22/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council 
Caring for our nation’s youngest and oldest is extremely valuable work, but rarely paid properly or respected. With unfair labor practices and bad faith bargaining, Ottawa, Illinois nursing home workers finally reached the tipping point with their low wage work, walking out on May 18. |
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Say No to Koch Rally
05/22/13 - IATSE Local 33 
Our own Paul Paolasso, Jane Leslie and Steve Coffey joined other Union workers as they chanted "Say no to Koch" and "No Koch hate in LA" outside the office of Bruce Karsh, chairman of the Tribune Co. and president of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest Tribune shareholder. |
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IAFF Disaster Relief Fund
05/22/13 - Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation More than 500 IAFF Members were impacted by the horrific storm that brought the massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, and other areas of Oklahoma and Kansas. We encourage you to make a $10.00 donation via TEXT Message by texting DISASTER to 50555 and your cell phone provider will bill you for the $10.00 or make an Online Donation by visiting the IAFF Disaster Relief Fund by clicking here. |
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Parking During General Membership Meetings
05/22/13 - IATSE Local 33 From the desk of Jane Leslie, Recording Secretary. Local 33 recently got a complaint from the Fire Department stating that on our Sunday General Membership meetings, there is a problem with parking on the residential streets. We have been asked to not park on the residential streets and to have consideration for our neighbors. |
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What This Teamsters' Story Says About America
05/22/13 - Teamsters local 570 May 22, 2013 | WAR ON WORKERS | In 2010, after his Illinois printing company was bought by a private equate firm, Marcus Hedger was illegally fired for his union activities as a shop steward for the Graphic Communications Conference of Teamsters. |
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Fly the Friendly Skies?
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 61 Republic Airways' skies are unfriendly for Teamsters, passengers Fasten your seat belts! Teamster-member pilots with Republic Airline Holdings, Inc. (RAH), are warning potential new hires and customers about their abysmal pay and working conditions. |
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Give Us 5 NLRB Members
05/22/13 - CWA Local 7777 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) As you know, CWA is intensely focused on pressuring the Senate to confirm the FULL board of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Thanks to a recent District Court decision and Republican obstruction in the Senate, the NLRB is currently out of commission. |
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Oklahoma Disaster Relief Message from National FOP President Canterbury
05/22/13 - Colorado State Lodge F.O.P. 
The Chairman of the National Trustees, Joe Perkins has been on scene in Moore OK and reports that we have not had any members injured or killed. That is the good news. The bad is 8 to 10 members have lost their homes. I am urging our members to go to http://www.fop.net/causes/foundation/dis.shtml and donate to our National Disaster Program. |
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Freshman House members may direct Gaming Bill
05/22/13 - NH AFL-CIO . |
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PROTESTERS RALLY AT FIRSTENERGY MEETING IN W.VA.
05/22/13 - IBEW Local 659 Protesters rally at FirstEnergy meeting in W.Va. By VICKI SMITH, Associated Press MORGANTOWN W.Va. |
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Obituary for Michael Patrick Manning
05/22/13 - PBCFR RETIREE ASSOCIATION Retired Firefighter Michael Manning passed away unexpectedly. Viewings will be held on Sunday, May 26th, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at the Palms West Funeral Home, 110 Business Pkwy. |
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May 2013 Newsletter
05/22/13 - IBEW Local 648 |
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What This Teamsters' Story Says About America
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 992 May 22, 2013 | WAR ON WORKERS | In 2010, after his Illinois printing company was bought by a private equate firm, Marcus Hedger was illegally fired for his union activities as a shop steward for the Graphic Communications Conference of Teamsters. |
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NY and NJ Senators Say ‘Keep Knives Out of Our Skies’ Flight Attendants Cheer Senate Legislation for Ban on Knives
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 455 . |
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Jersey Shore's it up
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 61 Jersey Strong! State lawmakers vote to protect truckers against misclassification The New Jersey General Assembly this afternoon cracked down on the misclassification of port and parcel delivery truck drivers as independent operators. |
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RE: LUNCH OUTING
05/22/13 - PBCFR RETIREE ASSOCIATION Our next lunch outing will be on June 5, 2013 at Boston's on the Beach 40 South Ocean Blvd. Delray Beach, Fl. 33483 561-278-3364. The board Members will meet at 11:30 and Lunch will be from 12:00 -2:00 each member pays for their own drinks and lunch. I will have T-Shirts for Sale first come first serve. PLEASE TRY AND RSVP TO info@pbcfr-retiree.org we try and give the resturant a heads up. |
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STATE BUDGET UPDATE - STALEMATE IN OLYMPIA
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
Budget negotiations continue to drag on in Olympia with no end in sight. Special session began on May 13 and is slated to end on June 13, and it is likely that a compromise on the operating, capital, and transportation budgets will not have been reached by that time.
Legislators have their eyes on a revenue forecast that is slated to be released on June 17. |
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FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PROTEST AT HOUSTON AIRPORT AGAINST KNIVES IN THE PASSENGER CABIN
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 455 . |
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Apple's Plan For A Flagship Store On Union Square
05/22/13 - IBEW Local 6 With Levi’s moving its flagship store to Market Street this summer, Apple has submitted plans to San Francisco’s Planning Department with designs to takeover Levi’s Union Square location at 300 Post Street and remodel the space into an iconic Apple store which would be 45 percent larger than Apple’s current space a few blocks away at Stockton and Ellis. |
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A Big Week And New Renderings For A Big SoMa Tower To Rise
05/22/13 - IBEW Local 6 . |
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What This Teamsters' Story Says About America
05/22/13 - Teamsters Local 355 May 22, 2013 | WAR ON WORKERS | In 2010, after his Illinois printing company was bought by a private equate firm, Marcus Hedger was illegally fired for his union activities as a shop steward for the Graphic Communications Conference of Teamsters. |
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CSEA Attempts to Play “Hard Ball”
05/21/13 - Association Employees Union Bargaining Update: May 21, 2013 CSEA Attempts to Play “Hard Ball” – AEU Continues to Bargain CSEA opened up negotiations on May 21, 2013 with the dramatic gesture of presenting AEU with a written 30-day notice that it will not extend contract negotiations beyond June 30th, regardless of where we are in the bargaining process. |
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2013 El Paso Police Memorial - Friday, May 24th at 9 AM
05/21/13 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association and the El Paso Police Department will hold the Annual Fallen Officers Memorial Ceremony at 9:00 AM on Friday, May 24, 2013, at Chuck Heinrich Park, located at 11055 Andrew Barcena Dr. The park and the street on which it is located are both named in honor of fallen El Paso Police Officers. |
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5K FUN WALK/RUN FOR DALTON FORD
05/21/13 - IUEC Local 10 
Dalton Ford is a fun loving student in middle school. He is 14 years old and he and his family have just found out that Dalton has a Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor. This is such a young age to have to deal with such grown up issues. Dalton needs to be able to just be a kid, a teenager. He and his family should not have to worry about paying medical bills. |
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Fight for your Job Security!
05/21/13 - CWA Local 1103 Last Thursday, May 16th, the New York Public Service Commission held a hearing for Verizon's attempt to abandon the landline in New York. Verizon attempted to amend its tariff so that the company could abandon copper wire in favor of a wireless alternative, called Voice Link. |
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LOCAL 117 WELCOMES NEW POLITICAL ACTION COORDINATOR
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
Teamsters Local 117 is pleased to welcome Dustin Lambro as your Union's new Political Action Coordinator.
A lifelong Washingtonian who’s lived and worked in every corner of our state, Dustin brings with him years of electoral politics and Union experience. |
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Joe Mayhew Elected 1103 Secretary Treasurer
05/21/13 - CWA Local 1103 Joe Mayhew was elected Local 1103 Secretary Treasurer to fill the vacancy in a special election. Thank you to Members of the election committee Tom Bryla, Caroline Dimezza, Fred Velotti, and Ken Boynes. Special thanks to Election Committee Chairman Fran Gottron. |
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Treat Nonprofit Healthcare Fairly - OP ED from UFCW International President Joe Hansen
05/21/13 - UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO “If you already have health insurance through your job — and because many of you are members of unions, you do — nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change your coverage or your doctor. Let me repeat: Nothing in this plan will require you to change your coverage or your doctor. |
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Give the Gift of Life
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 Kingston Blood Bank Wednesday, May 22 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
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Problems with login
05/21/13 - IUE-CWA Local 301 If anybody is having touble getting access to the members area of the web page please send us a email with your login name and the area+ shift that you work in and I will try to get you acess asap. |
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O'Sullivan: Lights out or energy independence?
05/21/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Our nation is on the cusp of the holy grail of energy independence and a jobs and investment boon that would accompany it – that is, unless it is stunted by over-regulation or blocked by extremist elements of the environmental movement who are peddling hysteria and fear. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters local 570 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 355 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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Charlottesville Unit Mtg Cancelled
05/21/13 - IBEW Local 50 . |
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NY Attorney General's Office Challenges Verizon Tariff Filing
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has written a letter to the acting NY PSC Chairman questioning Verizon's move toward abandoning landlines and a push toward voice link. Read the full letter by clicking the link. http://cwa1103.org/docs/AG%20Letter%20about%20Voice%20Link%202013. |
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Voice Link on Fire Island
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 Verizon is pushing to rid itself of landline service.Verizon officials have announced they will abandon their damaged wireline network serving several hundred permanent residents and businesses on Fire Island, replacing voice telephone service with a wireless system called Voice Link critics say will end high-speed Internet service and hurt business. |
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The Telecom Idustry and Monopoly Power
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 . |
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Election Ballot Mailed
05/21/13 - I.B.E.W. Local Union 266 Attn Member: Election ballots were mailed out on Wednesday, May 15th. If you do not receive yours within a week or so, please call the hall to verify your address and another one will be mailed out to you. Thank you. |
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Relief Efforts
05/21/13 - Teamster Local Union No. 886 Several of our members have suffered traumatic loses, including Loss of Life and property. We are currently assessing who is affected and trying to identify their needs. Please notify the Local Union if you had any losses or if you know a member that has incurred a loss. We need to know Name, Phone Number, and Address (Even if Destroyed) and what their immediate needs are. |
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Annuity/401 K Informational Meeting
05/21/13 - INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 494 Annuity/401K Informational Meeting Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:00pm We have scheduled an Annuity/401K Informational meeting at 7:00pm at Local 494 in the Membership Hall. A New York Life representative will be present at this meeting to explain how you can take advantage of your investment opportunities. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 992 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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