WIN Labor News June 29, 2010

Headlines:
Los Angeles School District Budget Cuts Endanger Another 2500 Jobs- 06/29/10
NYC Ironworkers Local Leader Bob Ledwith: U.S. Needs Strategic Infrastructure Plan And Serious Funding- 06/29/10
Trade Unions Protest Honduran MIlitary Coup Anniversary With General Strike- 06/29/10

Labor Radio June 28, 2010

Headlines:
Republican filibuster in the U.S. Senate sticks it to workers while they’re down
Workers in Gulf not getting proper clean-up training

WIN Labor News June 25, 2010

Headlines:
AFSCME President: Filibustering Republicans WIll Be Responsible For Lost Jobs- 06/25/10
UNITE-HERE Hotel Workers In Toronto Hit Pickets Lines At G-20 Summit- 06/25/10
Last Unpaid Furlough Day For California State Workers As Gov Again Threatens Minimum Wage-06/25/10
Madison, Wisconsin Painters Are On Unfair Labor Practices Strike- 06/25/10

WIN Labor News June 24, 2010

Headlines:
Unions At Rite-Aid Call On Its Shareholders For Fair Labor Contracts- 06/24/10
Swedish Dock Workers Refuse To Handle Israeli Goods In Week-Long Protest- 06/24/10
Detroit IBEW Workers On Strike At DTE Energy- 06/24/10
Economic Report: Gulf Oil Spill Is Affecting Restaurant Seafood Supplies- 06/24/10

WIN Labor News June 23, 2010

Headlines:
The United Steel Workers Want Stronger Safety Standards In The Oil Industry, Higher Safety Fines And More Money For OSHA- 06/23/10
Money For Jobs, Not For Banks Is The Rallying Cry At Detroit March For Full And Fair Employment- 06/23/10
Former SEIU President Andy Stern Joins SIGA Technologies Corporate Board- 06/23/10
Obama Administration To Extend Family And Medical Leave To Same-Sex Partners- 06/23/10
UFCW Could Strike 150 Supermarkets In Southern New York State- 06/23/10

WIN Labor News June 22, 2010

Headlines:
40 Million U.S. Workers Have No Paid Sick Days As New Survey Shows One In Six Have Lost A Job Over It- 06/22/10
Opponents Of Comcast/NBC Merger Say It Will Hurt Media Diversity- 06/22/10
Economic Report: U.S. Employers Still Reluctant To Hire So Overtime Is Increasing- 06/22/10

Labor Report: June 21, 2010

Headlines:
New York Senate considers first in the country Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
Vietnamese Gulf Coast community faces unique issues

WIN Labor News June 18, 2010

Headlines:
USW, UMWA Determined To Change Safety Practices In Oil And Mining- 06/18/10
New UAW President Says Top Priority Is Organizing U.S. Toyota Plants- 06/18/10
Workers Accuse Hilton At LAX Of Skirting Living Wage Law- 06/18/10

WIN Labor News June 17, 2010

Headlines:
Thousands Rally In NYC Protesting Budget Cuts That Threaten Public Jobs And Services- 06/17/10
Boeing Workers To Meet With Federal Mediators In Effort To Avoid Strike- 06/17/10
UAW Delegates Elect Bob King President Of United Auto Workers- 06/17/10
Economic Report: NYC Ranks Third Highest In U.S. Worker Compensation- 06/17/10

WIN Labor News June 16, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO President Trumka Says The Fight For Employee Free Choice Act Continues- 06/16/10
Building Trade Unions Call On UBC To End Raiding- 06/16/10
Lawyers Get Less Under New Settlement Proposal For 9/11 Responders- 06/16/10

WIN Labor News June 15, 2010

Headlines:
Justice For Farm Workers Campaign Presses Democrats To Keep Promise To Vote On NY Farm Worker Fair Labor Act- 06/15/10
Workers Pay Protest Draws Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas At World Cup- 06/15/10
Foxwoods Casino Bartenders Ask NLRB To Oversee A New Union Election- 06/15/10

Labor Report June 14, 2010

Headlines:
Is the era of state sanctioned unions coming to an end in China?
Interview with United Steel Workers health and safety specialist Kim Nibarger
Disneyland workers go on solidarity strike for fired shop steward

WIN Labor News June 11, 2010

Headlines:

Twelve Thousand Minnesota Nurses Stage One Day Strike Over Nurse-Patient Staffing- 06/11/10
Angry Gulf Coast Residents Take It To The Halls Of Congress- 06/11/10
Pollster Celinda Lake: Worker Anger At Corporations Exists Alongside Distrust Of Government- 06/11/10

WIN Labor News June 10, 2010

Headlines:

Angry Workers Confront Hyatt At First Shareholders Meeting- 06/10/10
USW President Tired Of Wall Street ‘Puking On Our Shoes’, Says Obama Acted Like A Novice Negotiating With Republicans- 06/10/10
NYC Ironworkers Local Says Too Many Non-Union Contractors Are Ignoring Safety And Prevailing Wage Laws- 06/10/10

WIN Labor News June 9, 2010

Headlines:
Kaiser Permanente demonstrates
From The Progress For America’s Future Conference: Labor & Progressive Movement Working More Closely Together- 06/09/10
NUMMI Workers Get Federal Retraining Grant- 06/09/10
Mott Workers Increase Picketing In Third Week Of Strike- 06/09/10
Connecticut Governor Signs Into Law A State Worker Telecommuting Bill- 06/09/10

WIN Labor News June 8, 2010

Headlines:
Kaiser Permanente demonstrates
Unions In It To Win It For Working Families In Arkansas Senate Runoff- 06/08/10
As Congress Works To Reconcile Financial Reform Bills, Swipe Fees Are One Of The Issues- 06/08/10
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear NEA No Child Left Behind Case- 06/08/10
Economic Report: Oil Spill Impact On Florida Alone Could Hit $2.2 Billion, 39,000 Lost Jobs

Labor Report: June 7, 2010

Headlines:
Kaiser Permanente demonstrates union/employer models without destructive confrontations are possible
Shuttle workers will receive grants for job retraining
New York set to become first state to offer "Domestic Worker Bill of Rights"
Judges ruling stops layoff of 222 subway workers

WIN Labor News June 4, 2010

Headlines:

Tyson Workers Finally Get $500,000 In Overtime Wages Owed- 06/04/10
AFSCME Says “Fiscal Survey of States” Makes Compelling Case For Federal Aid Protecting A Million Jobs- 06/04/10
Hundreds Rally To Support Arbitration Raise For Boston Firefighters- 06/04/10
Economic Report: U.S. Private Sector Jobs Up By 55,000 In May- 06/04/10

WIN Labor News June 2, 2010

Headlines:
United Steel Workers Reach Tentative Deal With Alcoa- 06/02/10
National Association Of Letter Carriers Set Food Drive Record- 06/02/10
96,000 Union Workers Voting On New Contract At Kaiser Permanente- 06/02/10
Five Hundred SEIU Building Workers Strike Co-Op City In NYC- 06/02/10
Economic Report: Will Workers Watching World Cup Impact Global Economy?

WIN Labor News June 3, 2010

Headlines:

Red Cross Workers Strike In Six States Over Alleged Mismanagement Of Blood Supply- 06/03/10
AFSCME: Restore State Aid To American Jobs & Closing Tax Loopholes Act- 06/03/10
USW Encourages Purchase Of Made In USA Mercury Free Light Bulbs- 06/03/10
United Federation Of Teachers To Mayor Bloomberg: You Don’t Have the Power To Unilaterally Freeze Teacher Pay- 06/03/10

WIN Labor News June 1, 2010

Headlines:
More Workers Get Sick Cleaning Up BP’s Gulf Oil Spill- 06/01/10
United Steel Workers Confident Of Reaching Fair Contract With Alcoa- 06/01/10
Teamsters Willing To Support Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement IF It Includes High Standards- 06/01/10
Economic Report: American Jobs And Closing Tax Loopholes Act Will Save Or Create 1 Million Jobs- 06/01/10