WIN Labor News February 26, 2010

Headlines:
Millions Of U.S. Workers Are Cheated By Mis-Classification As Contractors – 02/26/10
A Miles-Long Caravan Supports Locked Out Rio Tinto Workers – 02/26/10
Safeway Workers Ratify Company’s “Last Best And Final” Offer – 02/26/10

WIN Labor News February 25, 2010

Headlines:
Wake Up Wal-Mart's Week Of Action Shines Light On Sick-Leave Policies - 02/25/10
Painter's Union Hero Saved Six Lives In That Austin Suicide Plane Attack - 02/25/10
L.A. Workers, Their Unions And Community Allies On The March Against Banking Practices - 02/25/10

WIN Labor News February 24, 2010

Headlines:
Without Bigger And Bolder Action, Senate Jobs Bill Is "Band-Aid On An Amputated Limb" – 02/24/10
Melanie's Marchers Bring Demand For Health Care Reform Now To Congress – 02/24/10
States And Cities Continue To Chop At Workers – 02/24/10
A Dozen Ground Zero First Responders Will Be First To Have Their 9/11 Health Cases Heard – 02/24/10

WIN Labor News February 23, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO, SEIU React To President’s Proposal To Advance Health Care Reform – 02/23/10
AFGE Presses Ahead With Efforts To Win Collective Bargaining For Airport Security Screeners – 02/23/10
Association Of Minor League Umpires Joins OPEIU – 02/23/10
Threats To IRS Workers On The Rise – 02/23/10

Labor Report: February 22, 2010

Headlines:
Seven hotels continue to face boycott in San Francisco
Whirlpool creates familiar U.S. jobs sucking sound
Only four states have fully funded pension systems

WIN Labor News February 19, 2010

Quad City Die Casting Workers Win Their Vacation And Medical Pay From Wells Fargo – 02/19/10
UNITE-HERE Disney Workers End One Hunger Strike And Start Another – 02/19/10

WIN Labor News February 18, 2010

UFCW Local 7 Pulls Endorsement of Candidate
SAG Seeks Renewed California Tax Credit As Entertainment Work Is Pulled From The State – 02/18/10
Transport Workers Union Has Had It At AMerican - Four Years Long Enough To Settle Contract – 02/17/10
Solidarity Center Funnels Aid To Haiti Worker To Worker, Union To Union – 02/17/10

WIN Labor News February 17, 2010

UFCW Local 7 Pulls Endorsement of Candidate
Building Trades Unions Hail Obama’s $8.3 Billion Loan Guarantee For Nuclear Power – 02/17/10
Michigan Nurses Association Backs Nurse-Patient Ratio Bill – 02/17/10
New Jersey Nursing Home Workers Still Fighting For A Contract After Three Years – 02/17/10
Layoffs, Wage Cuts Hit Manhattan Hospital Workers – 02/17/10
Economic Report: Our Wealth Is Being Constantly Redistributed To The Top One Percent – 02/17/10

WIN Labor News February 16, 2010

UFCW Local 7 Pulls Endorsement of Candidate
Teamsters Add Nearly 8,000 Members At Continental Airlines - 02/16/10
Big Auto Companies, With The Exception Of Ford, Turning To Non-Union Haulers - 02/16/10
In Florida Stolen Laptops Put Personal Info Of 40,000 Workers At Risk - 02/16/10
With Unemployment Trust Funds In Trouble, States Hike Rates For Employers - 02/16/10
Economic Report: 1.2 Million U.S. Workers Nearing End Of Jobless Benefits - 02/16/10

Labor Report: February 15, 2010

UFCW Local 7 Pulls Endorsement of Candidate
Labor to Obama: Where's the Change We Can Believe In?
Detroit City Council Slashes Workers "Fringe" Benefits
Report: Ninety Percent of Restaurant Workers Not Offered Health Insurance or Sick Days

WIN Labor News February 12, 2010

Headlines:
Senate Majority Leader Reid Makes Surprise Jobs Bill Switch – 02/12/10 – 02/12/10
CT State Police Lt. Expects Favorable State Supreme Ruling, Says Collective Bargaining Rights Denial Is Political – 02/12/10
Plumbers & Pipefitters Mourn Their Brothers Killed In Kleen Energy Explosion, Fund Set Up For Families – 02/12/10
New Study Finds Continuing Health Woes For 9/11 Responders – 02/12/10
Economic Report: High Unemployment Will Last All Year – 02/12/10

WIN Labor News February 11, 2010

Headlines:
Minnesota State Senate Passes A Nearly $1 Billion Jobs Bill - 02/11/10
Connecticut Supreme Court Hears Unions Rights Of Police Officers Case - 02/11/10
San Francisco Mayor Proposes Controversial City Worker Policy To Cope With Budget Crunch - 02/11/10

WIN Labor News February 10, 2010

Headlines:
Obama Again Tries Bipartisanship, GOP Responds With A Maybe On A "Small Jobs Package" - 02/10/10
San Francisco Labor Council Endorses April 10 Washington, D.C. Jobs March - 02/10/10
National Nurses United Blasts Anthem Blue Cross 39 Percent Premium Hike - 02/10/10
Tennessee's Illegal Alien Act Fails To Follow Through On Punishment Of Employers - 02/10/10
Boeing White Collar Workers Get Bonuses, But Blue Collar Workers Don't - 02/10/10

WIN Labor News February 9, 2010

Headlines:
Judge's Ruling Saves A Thousand Machinist's Jobs In Connecticut - 02/09/10
Democrats Out Of Sync With Majority Working Family Opinion On Health Care Reform - 02/09/10
Economic Report: AARP Says Older Workers Getting A Little Break In Unemployment - 02/09/10

Labor Report: February 8, 2010

Headlines:
Unemployment is Down, But Workers Are Still Digging Out
Sen. Shelby Holds Obama's Nominees Hostage Over Earmarks

WIN Labor News February 9, 2010

Headlines:
Judge's Ruling Saves A Thousand Machinist's Jobs In Connecticut - 02/09/10
Democrats Out Of Sync With Majority Working Family Opinion On Health Care Reform - 02/09/10
Economic Report: AARP Says Older Workers Getting A Little Break In Unemployment - 02/09/10

WIN Labor News February 4, 2010

Headlines:
Minnesota AFL-CIO Urges Bold Government Action To Create Jobs – 02/04/10
600 Yucca Mountain Project Workers May Be Out Of Jobs – 02/04/10
Pop Benedict Urges Alcoa And Fiat To Keep Plants Open – 02/04/10

WIN Labor News February 3, 2010

Headlines:
Washington D.C. Employment Act Would Create Project Labor Agreements Putting District Residents To Work – 02/03/10
Staten Island Tug Boat Strike Over Safe Manning Of Boats Is In Sixth Month – 02/03/10
Medicaid Exclusion Of Podiatry May Be Causing Unnecessary Diabetes Amputations – 02/03/10

WIN Labor News February 2, 2010

Headlines:
California Moves Toward SIngle Payer Universal Healthcare At State Level - 02/02/10
Rio Tinto Locks Out Mine Workers In Anticipation Of a Strike -
It Took A Year, But Workers Forced A NY Billionaire To Pay Them Owed Wages - 02/02/10
Daimler Trucks North America Ordered To Pay UAW Workers, Boost Production In U.S. - 02/02/10
Economic Report: California, New York Lead States In U.S. Union Membership - 02/02/10

Labor Report February 1, 2010

Headlines:
Juravich: Bigger emphasis needed on better jobs; not simply more jobs
Building trades have a voice on commission for America's Nuclear Future
Michigan budget plan: Out with the old and in with the new