Union/Labor News
Friday, August 17, 2012
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IAM Reaches Tentative Agreement with Caterpillar; Local Opposes Deal
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 8 announced on August 15 that a tentative agreement with Caterpillar had been reached. The deal – negotiated at the district level -- is being opposed by local leaders, because they say it contains nearly all concessions Caterpillar had sought.
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Progress Reported in Verizon-CWA-IBEW Labor Talks, Key Issues Remain
“Progress continues to be made” in the Verizon-CWA-IBEW labor talks, reported Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Director George H. Cohen on August 15 after three weeks of intensive negotiations. However, Cohen added, “a number of core issues remain to be resolved.” No details were being released as the talks continued.
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Construction Projects Fraught with Problems after VA Rejects Project Labor Agreements
After rejecting the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for its ambitious plans to construct several new hospital facilities across the United States, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is now experiencing critical cost-overruns, massive scheduling delays, expensive quality issues, and accusations concerning the use of undocumented workers on projects being funded with taxpayer dollars, according to the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD).
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USW Members at Veyance Technologies Ratify New Four-Year Contract
Some 1,000 union-represented employees at Veyance Technologies ratified a new four-year contract on August 13, reported the United Steelworkers (USW).
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Walmart Workers File Ethics Complaint
Workers representing four links in Walmart’s global supply chain – food production, processing, warehousing and retail – filed a formal ethics complaint August 9 with Walmart’s corporate executives in Los Angeles. The complaint outlines systemic violations of Walmart’s own Statement of Ethics and Standards for Suppliers.
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AFGE Members Elect J. David Cox President of Nation's Largest Federal and D.C. Government Workers Union
J. David Cox was elected national president of the American Federation of Government Employees during the union's 39th National Convention in Las Vegas in mid-August.
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U.S. Department of Labor Lauds IBEW Training Efforts
In the same week that swimmer Michael Phelps made Olympic history, leaders from IBEW locals nationwide traveled to Washington, D.C., to win some gold medals of their own.
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Jim Hightower: A Tsunami of Political Slime
Mark Hanna, the Karl Rove of the old Robber Baron era, explained a century ago that, "There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember the second." In just the past decade, corporate cash has moved from merely "talking" in our elections to "shouting"… and now to "sliming." A new report by two public-interest organizations, Demos and US PIRG, documents that the people's voice was shouted down in this year's presidential primaries by a "tsunami of slime" -- an unprecedented wave of negative SuperPAC ads financed by a few plutocratic super-donors.
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