WIN Labor News September 30, 2008

Headlines:

* Wall Street Plunges 777 Points As Labor And EPI Economist Urge Worker-Friendly
Economic Bailout
* Teamsters Accept Deal Ending Milwaukee Waste Managemet Strike
* Sony-Ericcsson To Slash 2,000 Jobs Worldwide
* Economic Report: Health Care Costs Keep Rising

Labor News: September 29, 2008

Headlines:

* CEPR Economist: Financial Crisis Is a Policy Failure Of Massive Proportions
* Hanesbrand to close nine North American plants; send jobs to Asia
* Chrysler lays off 250 workers
* Economic Report: Are programs supplied by employers aimed at helping employees get control of their health being utilized?

WIN Labor News September 26, 2008

Headlines:

* WIN Week In Review September 26-28, 2008

WIN Labor News September 25, 2008

Headlines:

* Boeing Workers Holding The Line As Strike Enters Fourth Week
* One In Five U.S. Households "Economically Distressed" - Where's Our Bailout?
* Teamsters Strike Big Washington State Trucking Firm
* L.A. County Student Workers Push For Union Recognition, Health Benefits
* Economic Report: U.S. Home Median Prices Drop Another 9.5 Percent

WIN Labor News September 24, 2008

Headlines:

* EPI Economist: Paulsen Bailout Plan Should Be Rejected For Better One
* Some Congressional Dems Try To Protect Working Families In Bailout
* Economic Report: Projections Are For A Cold Christmas Shopping Season

WIN Labor News September 23, 2008

Headlines:

* Labor Federation Says Economic Bailout Should Address Main Street Pain, Too
* Teamsters Say No To Pensions Change;Milwaukee Waste Management Strike Continues
* Union Makes Gains In Organzing Bus Drivers
* Economic Report: Men With "Traditional" Gender Views Earn More

Labor News: Sept. 22, 2008

Headlines:

* Southern California Supermarket Lockouts: Indictments handed down four years later
* Last American auto plant in Georgia to close this week
* Biden speaks to coal miners; equates deregulation of Wall Street to deregulation of mine safety standards
* Economic Report: Premiums and deductibles for workers predicted to rise by 9 percent

Labor News: September 19, 2008

Headlines:
Letting most corporations off the hook for income taxes leaves a $100 billion hole in the U.S. budget
Healthcare premiums outpace earnings at a rate of 4.8 times over seven years

Headlines:

* Nebraska meat packing plant agrees to offer Muslims prayer break
* 2,600 Ontario GM workers accept early retirement or buy outs
* SEIU organizes to rebuild the middle class
* Latino union workers earn more on average than non-union Latino workers

Labor News: Sept. 17, 2008

Headlines:

* Hewlett-Packer to slash 25,000 jobs
* Unfair Labor Practice Suit Filed Against Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino/Hotel
* Obama pledges support for striking Boeing workers
* Should espionage jobs be outsourced?

Labor News: Sept. 16, 2008

Headlines:

* From Wall Street to the Campaign Trail
* Most American Doctors Support Universal Healthcare

Labor News: September 15, 2008

Headlines:
Boeing strike could last "a couple of weeks"
Floor work preps book on historic UAW sit down strike
Economic Report: Americans Not Confident about Retirement

Labor News: September 11, 2008

Headlines:
Machinists make Sen. Clinton honorary member
Improper 2004 NLRB ruling continues to have ramifications today
Economic Report: Economy keeping more Americans up at night

Labor News: Srptember 10, 2008

Headlines:
* Immokalee workers notch another win on their tomato buckets
* 9,311 labor violations filed against country's largest kosher meatpacker
* Ford and GM cut jobs in Spain
* Economic Report: More workplace environments are considered "gay friendly"

Labor News: September 8, 2008

Headlines:
California Attorney General files suit against two port trucking companies for misrepresenting workers
Boeing strike enters third day
Obama supports $50 billion injection to boost U.S. auto industry
Walmex cited for using 1900s wealthy business owner practices

WIN Labor News September 4, 2008

Headlines:

* GOP Convention: Journalist Amy Goodman Arrested, Republicans Took Out Cop
Liability Insurance For Expected Rights Violation Lawsuits
* NLRB To Hear ILWU's Worker Rights Violation Charges Against Waikiki Hotel
* Brazilian Auto Workers Stage 24 Hour Strike Demanding 18.83% Pay Raise
* Economic Report: Paycheck To Paycheck (Even On a $100K A Year)

WIN Labor News September 3, 2008

Headlines:

* GOP Convention: Bushville And The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights
Campaign
* American Rights At Work Launches Worker Rights Campaign
* Unions Unite Around The Bargaining Table At American Airlines
* Economic Report: Job Layoff Can Turn Sociable Person Into Recluse

WIN Labor News September 2, 2008

Headlines:

* SEIU's Political Action Includes Reaching Disaffected Voters
* Union Workers Will Be Actively Knocking On Doors As McCain Accepts Nomination
* In Wisconsin, Labor Works Hard To Keep The State Presidential Blue
* Economic Report: Ten Per Cent of U.S. Workers Are Unemployed Or Underemployed

Labor News: Sept. 1, 2008

Headlines:

* Nationwide Interfaith Worker Justice sponsors Labor In The Pulpits during Labor Day weekend
* New Hampshire gets Labor Day wage increase
* Freightliner lays off 675 in North Carolina
* World's largest steel producer dodges strike
* Unionship numbers bump up in 2008; Los Angeles leads the increase