WIN Labor News May 31, 2010

Headlines:
Tens Of Thousands Protest Arizona’s Immigration Law- 05/31/10
Vermont’s Governor Won’t Veto Universal Health Care As A Human Right- 05/31/10
Young Workers Facing Double Jeopardy Of Joblessness And No Health Insurance- 05/31/10
UAW President: U.S. Auto Worker New Hires May Not Be Able To Afford Cars They Build- 05/31/10

WIN Labor News May 28, 2010

Headlines:
Shaw’s/Supervalu Strikers Rally In Boston At End Of 60-Mile March- 05/28/10
House Republicans Using Email Voting For Budget Cutting Proposals- 05/28/10

WIN Labor News May 27, 2010

Headlines:
NEA President Van Roekel: $23 Billion In Federal Funds Urgently Needed To Avert 300,000 Education Job Losses- 05/27/10
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka Will Headline Arizona Immigration Protest “Mega-March”- 05/27/10
Workers Helping To Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill Are Reporting Illness From The Toxins- 05/27/10

WIN Labor News May 26, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO Urges Congressional Candidates To Support Jobs Bill- 05/26/10
Union Congressional testimony Supports Bankruptcy Law Reform- 05/26/10
Is Ageism At Root Of Battle Between Google And A Former Employee?- 05/26/10
Economic Report: Just 67 Percent Of Jobless U.S. Workers Are Collecting Unemployment Benefits- 05/26/10

WIN Labor News May 25, 2010

Headlines:
Business Leader Wants New York State o Collect Stock Transfer Tax From Wall Street – 05/25/10
Living Wage Act Campaign Kicks Off In New York City- 05/25/10
Mott’s Juice Plant Strike: Profitable Company Wants Wage Cut, End Of Pensions For New Hires- 05/25/10
Economic Report: Non-Union Workers More Likely To Have Pensions Frozen- 05/25/10

Labor Report: May 24, 2010

Headlines:
More than 35,000 New Jerseyans flood downtown Trenton to Protest Unfair Cuts
Striking Shaw’s warehouse workers began a 60 mile march

WIN Labor News May 21, 2010

Headlines:
Women Workers At Novartis Win Largest Workplace Sex Discrimination Case In History- 05/21/10
AFSCME Will Spend $1.4 Million To Help Defeat Sen. Lincoln In Arkansas Runoff- 05/21/10
Union Get Out The Vote Effort Paid Off In Democrat Win In Pennsylvania- 05/21/10
Economic Report: Are U.S. Workers Gaining Weight Due To Economic Stress?- 05/21/10

WIN Labor News May 20, 2010

Headlines:
IBM Has Slashed 14,000 Jobs In Two Years, Despite Announcing The Creation Of 800 Jobs Recently- 05/20/10
AFL-CIO To Re-Double Efforts To Elect Bill Halter Over Incumbent Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln- 05/20/10
National Immigration Law Center Says U.S. Constitution And Rights Of Americans Are At Stake In Arizona Immigration Law-05/20/10

WIN Labor News May 19, 2010

Headlines:
Alabama Federal Judge Allows Suit Against Drummond Coal In Colombian Union Deaths To Continue- 05/19/10
A Thousand Mine Workers March On Massey Energy SHareholders Meeting- 05/19/10
Some World Trade Center 9/11 Workers Suffering Loss Of Smell- 05/19/10
United Steelworkers Say Latest Oil Fire Is Another Example Of An Unsafe Industry- 05/19/10

WIN Labor News May 18, 2010

Headlines:
Thousands Of Main Streeters Occupy K Street To Confront Wall Street Lobbyists- 05/18/10
OPEIU Workers In Massachusetts Win $30 In Back Wages From Trial Court- 05/18/10
Is Union-Busting A Mortal Sin?- 05/18/10
IBM To Create 800 Jobs In Missouri- 05/18/10

Labor Report: May 17, 2010

Headlines:
Vermont takes lead in expanding health care for all
Nevada workers protest bringing in out of state contractors
Wayne County, Michigan workers will be forced to take unpaid vacations

WIN Labor News May 14, 2010

Headlines:
American Federation of Teachers Says A Union-Partnered Chicago Charter School Is A National Model- 05/14/10
Census Bureau Warns Its Workers Of Violent Incidents- 05/14/10
Economic Report: Free Coffee On The Jobs Can Cut Worker Mistakes- 05/14/10

WIN Labor News May 13, 2010

Headlines:
Wal-Mart Coughs Up Tens of Millions More Dollars To Settle A Suit By Workers – 05/13/10
Nurses Rally In Washington D.C. For Nurse/Patient Ratio Law, Collective Bargaining Rights- 05/13/10
Massachusetts Lowers Workers Comp Premiums- 05/13/10
Economic Report: U.S. Small Business Hiring Lags – 05/13/10

WIN Labor News May 12, 2010

Headlines:
UAW Workers At California Boeing Plant Are On Strike – 05/12/10
IAM Seeks To Save Jobs As It Urges Public Forum On United/Continental Merger –05/12/10
New York State Furlough Plan Challenged In Court – 05/12/10
AFL-CIO In New York Launches State Political Education Campaign – 05/12/10

WIN Labor News May 11, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO Optimistic That Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Will Appreciate Issues Facing Working Families – 05/11/10
A Thousand Nurses Gather For Rally, March In D.C. Supporting Health Care Legislation – 05/11/10
Air Transport Association To Sue Over Union Election Rules Change – 05/11/10
Connecticut Nursing Home Workers Win Back Pay After Ten Years – 05/11/10

Labor Report: May 10, 2010

Headlines:
UNITE-Here's Defensive Line in Indianapolis is the NFL Players Association--05/10/2010
Job Momentum Seems to be Going the Right Direction--05/10/2010
80 Percent of Those Who Lost Jobs Last Summer Still Unemployed--05/10/2010

WIN Labor News May 7, 2010

Headlines:
Largest Nursing Strike In U.S. History Looms In Minesota – 05/07/10
SEIU, AFSCME Score Big Organizing Victories Among Home Health Care Workers – 05/07/10
Economic Report: High Work Pressure Linked To Heart Disease – 05/07/10

Labor Radio May 6, 2010

Headlines:
El Paso bans city workers from traveling to Arizona for business
NALC prepares for nation's largest food drive
Report from Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference
TWU and American Airlines reach tentative contract

WIN Labor News May 5, 2010

Headlines:
Green Jobs Conference – USW’s Leo Gerard Says We Either Have A Clean Environment AND Good Green Jobs Or We Will Have Neither – 05/05/10
Oil Rig Workers File Suit In Gulf Oil Spill Disaster – 05/05/10
NY Governor David Paterson Furloughs 100,000 Unionized State Workers Each Week – 05/05/10

WIN Labor News May 4, 2010

Headlines:
AFT's "Pink Hearts, Not Pink Slips" Campaign Seeks Federal Help To Avert Massive Education Cuts
Labor/Environmental Coalition On Capitol Hill To Clean Up Labor And Environmental Standards At U.S. Ports
IAM Boeing Workers Authorize A Strike If Necessary At Missouri Plant
Economic Report: U.S. Manufacturing Sector Posts Ninth Straight Month Of Growth

Labor Radio May 3, 2010

Headlines:
The World Celebrates May Day
U.S. May Day Rallies Focus on Arizona
Whirlpool Will Close US Plant in June; Send Jobs to Mexico