WIN Labor News April 30, 2009

Headlines:
* Fiat To Sign Chrysler Partnership As GM Continues Efforts To Reduce Debt
* Workers Still Reeling As U.S. GDP Contracts Sharply In First Quarter
* OBama's First One Hundred Days - What's He Done For Worker?
* Labor Secretary Solis Vows Intensified Workplace Health And Safety Enforcement
* Detroit Takes Another Hit - 500 More Jobs Going As American Axle Closes Plant

WIN Labor News April 29, 2009

Headlines:
* AFL-CIO: Specter Party Switch Is A New Day For Labor Reform
* Wal-Mart Pro-Union Workers Are Making Headway - President Obama Supports Them
* Clear Channel Announces Hundreds More Job Cuts
* Economic Report: WOmen Federal Workers Narrow Gender Pay Gap

WIN Labor News April 28, 2009

Headlines:
* Auto Workers To Sacrifice Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs & Cuts In Benefits For GM Viability
* Indiana Building Trades Workers Protest Unemployment Benefits Cuts
* NYC Rally Objects To Non-Union Construction

WIN Labor News April 24, 2009

Headlines:
* AFSCME's President Gerald McEntee Says Labor Can Still Overcome GOP Filibuster On Employee Free Choice Act
* GM To Close Plants For Several Weeks This Summer, Chrysler May File For Bankruptcy Soon
* Economic Report: Nearly 300,000 U.S. Workers Laid Off In March

WIN Labor News April 23, 2009

Headlines:
* UAW Says No Deal Yet With Chrysler, Talks "Ongoing"
* California Unions Again Back a Mandatory Paid Sick Days Bill
* Corrections Officer Union Sues State of Missouri On Overtime Policies
* Lansing, Michigan Schools One Of Many Feeling Recession's Impact
* Economic Report: Global Economy Could Shrink For First Time In 60 Years

Labor Report: April 22, 2009

Headlines:
* UNITE-Here's Executive Board Suspends General President Bruce Raynor
* DOT Reports Airline Job Losses Hit 27,500
* Yahoo Announces More Job Cuts
* Florida Power and Light Seeks 1000 Workers for Green Jobs
* New Yorkers Lead Nation in Volunteer Value

Labor News: April 20, 2009

Headlines:

* Indianapolis librarians use patience to win union battle
* Corzine ups possible layoffs by 2000 if furloughs not accepted
* Harley Davidson announces more job cuts

WIN Labor News April 17, 2009

Headlines:

* Senator Arlen Specter Is Ignorant Or Lying About Employee Free Choice Act
* French Hewlett Packard Workers Release Managers After Proposal To Save Jobs
* Massive Drought Leads To Indian Farmer Suicides
* Economic Report: New York's Jobless Rate Holds Steady

WIN Labor News April 16, 2009

Headlines:

* CWA Says It Won’t Agree To Undermine Middle Class Jobs At AT&T
* CSEA: New York Governor Paterson Tactics Tantamount To Union Busting
* New Jersey Governor Corzine To Implement State Worker Unpaid Furloughs
* UBS Cuts Eleven Percent Of Its Worldwide Workforce
* Economic Report: That Giant Hissing Sound Is U.S. Economy Deflating

WIN Labor News April 15, 2009

Headlines:
* American Airlines Workers Protest Exec Bonuses, Seek Restoration Of Pay Cuts
* Alcoa Tries To Drive Down Worker Wages
* President Obama Is More Popular Than Capitalism
* Unemploymentlifeline.com Provides Resources To Help Keep Jobless Workers Afloat
* AFL-CIO And Change To Win Speak With One Voice On Immigration Reform
* Economic Report: Americans Losing Faith In Comfortable retirement

WIN Labor News April 14, 2009

Headlines:
* CEO’s With Lavish Contracts Oppose Workers’ Rights To Bargain Contracts
* NYC Hotels Try To Snatch Back A Pay Raise
* Connecticut Closer To A Budget Resolution But It Will Cost Workers
* Exxon Mobil Execs Get Ten Percent Average Raise
* Economic Report: Workers Look To Sweets In Sour Economy

WIN Labor News April 9, 2009

Headlines:
* New National Labor Coordinating Committee Formed
* Hundreds Rally Against Use of Foreign Steel In U.S. Pipelines
* Black Firefighter Groups Seeks Justice In FDNY Hiring Procedures
* Economic Report: Beer - The REAL Economic Stimulus

Labor News April 8, 2009

Headlines:
* Union service sector workers earn on average 10.1 percent more than non-union service workers
* Los Angeles Mayor looks toward unions for options to fill budget gap
* Organization helps women find jobs under stimulus
* CWA forms "statewide picket line" to protest furloughs in New Jersey

Labor News: April 7, 2009

Headlines:
* AT&T Workers Continue to Work; Strike Possible
* Sunny News for Job Creation as Pentagon Seeks to Create 30,000 jobs
* National Steel Car Workers Walk Off the Job in Ontario

WIN Labor News April 3, 2009

Headlines:

* Lax Labor Safety Enforcement Costs Workers’ Lives
* Chicago’s Diversity Should Help In Olympic Bid
* States Differ On Furloughs For Public Employees
* Economic Report: Factory Orders Up For First Time In 7 Months

WIN Labor News April 2, 2009

Headlines:

* Warehouse Workers United Seeks To Organize More Than 100,000 In California
* Obama’s Director Of Recovery For Auto Communities And Workers Meets With Michigan Governor
* French Workers Release Caterpillar Managers

WIN Labor News April 1, 2009

Headlines:

* Students And Workers Unite For Tenth Annual National Week Of Action
* Chicago Sit-Downers Win Round Two, Await A Settlement
* AFSCME Rallies In New York State Against Budget Cuts And Public Worker Layoffs