WIN Labor News August 31, 2010

Headlines:
Duluth Nurse’s Strike May Be Imminent- 08/31/10
AFL-CIO President In Alaska: Good Wages Fight Is a battle Against A Permanent American Underclass- 08/31/10
Harley Squeezes Its Union Workers In Wisconsin- 08/31/10
UAW President Says Autoworkers Are Looking To Share In Domestic Industry Gains- 08/31/10
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Rejects 29 Percent Pay Cut- 08/31/10
Obama Economic Recovery Board Member Calls For Second Stimulus- 08/31/10

Labor Report: August 30, 2010

Headlines:
NY's Congressional Delegation comes out for Mott's workers
Seventeen Michigan Krogers could face strike action
Ground Zero settlement attorneys called back to court over fees
AFL-CIO wants Obama administration to do more for jobs

Labor Report: August 27, 2010

Headlines:
Ground Zero responders will have extra two months to join settlement
NLRB charges Spectrum Healthcare with violating labor law
Millions of Americans have zero sick days

Labor Report August 26, 2010

Headlines:
Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on creating the nation's largest sex discrimination suit
American Airlines mechanics vote down latest contract offer
How has Hilda Solis changed the labor department?

Labor Report: August 25, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO teams up with nation's largest student association to pass DREAM Act
Washington Coca-Cola workers go on strike; Atlanta workers prepare for union vote
Postal workers march in Detroit to protest five day delivery week

Labor Report: August 24, 2010

Headlines:
Could the President be doing more to help create new jobs and revitalize the middle class?
BALCONY endorses 20 percent reduction in stock transfer tax rebate

Labor Report August 23, 2010

Headlines:
IAM aims to ensure Continental and United merger doesn't happen at expense of workers
Workers at four more Chicago hotels authorize strike action
Mass firings down slightly in July

WIN Labor News August 20, 2010

Headlines:
Working America To Organize & Mobilize Unemployed Voters Around Job And Trade Issues- 08/20/10
AFA-CWA Says Mediation Board Decision Means Union Vote For 20,000 Flight Attendants - 08/20/10
Workplace Deaths In U.S. At Lowest Level Since 1992- 08/20/10
CWA Reaches Agreement With AT&T In Connecticut- 08/20/10
Atlantic City Tropicana Dealers Reach First UAW Contract- 08/20/10

WIN Labor News August 19, 2010

Headlines:
Whirlpool Cuts More U.S. Jobs-08/19/10
Indianapolis GM Plant May Have A Worker Vote On Concessions After All- 08/19/10
The Truth About Public Worker Pensions: Hardly The Lap of Luxury- 08/19/10

WIN Labor News August 18, 2010

Headlines:
Blue Green Alliance “Job’s Not Done” Bus Tour Urges Senate Action On Clean Energy Jobs- 08/18/10
Duluth Nurses Taking Strike Authorization Vote Over Staffing Issues- 08/18/10
More Workers Worried About Losing Jobs Now Than In 2008- 08/18/10
ILO: Global Jobless And Young Working Poor Total 233 Million- 08/18/10
American Postal Workers Union Urges Members Not To Take Postal Service Survey- 08/18/10

WIN Labor News August 17, 2010

Headlines:
Indianapolis Auto Workers Shout Down Proposal From GM And UAW To Cut Wages Nearly In Half- 08/17/10
Laborers Union Returns To AFL-CIO- 08/17/10
Media Matters: Right Wing Media Relentlessly Attacking Workers And Their Unions- 08/17/10
Experienced Workers Competing With College Students For Internships- 08/17/10

WIN Labor News August 13, 2010

Headlines:
GM Posts $1.3 Billion Profit - UAW Says Auto Workers Are An Enormous Part Of GM Turnaround- 08/13/10
BP Will Pay $50.6 Million Safety Violations Fine In Texas City Blast That Killed 15 Workers- 08/13/10
Illinois Job Seekers Get Protection From Discriminatory Use Of Credit Scores- 08/13/10
Hundreds Of California SEIU Caregivers Protest Firings Of 37 Workers At Piedmont Gardens- 08/13/10

WIN Labor News August 12, 2010

Headlines:
Money To Save 300,000 State Jobs Will Flow Soon- 08/12/10
U.S. Letter Carriers Fight Cutting Saturday Mail Delivery- 08/12/10
Change To Win Chair Anna Burger Retires- 08/12/10

WIN Labor News August 11, 2010

Headlines:
Forty-Five Percent Of U.S. Workers 58 Or Older Have Physically Demanding Jobs & WIll Be Hurt By Older Retirement Age- 08/11/10
Social Security Expert: No Benefit Cuts Or Retirement Age Increases Are Needed To Keep Plan Solvent For 75 Years- 08/11/10
Are California State Workers "The Expendables"?- 08/11/10
911 Health Bill May Come Back To The U.S. House Floor- 08/11/10

WIN Labor News August 10, 2010

Headlines:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Journalists Stage Brief Walkout- 08/10/10
New Report Projects U.S. College-Educated Employee Shortfall- 08/10/10
Labor Singer Anne Feeney Hospitalized, Cancels Concert Tour- 08/10/10

Labor Report: August 9, 2010

Headlines:
How many workers in the United States are employed by the federal, state, or local government?
Social Security shows surplus until 2025
Hiring continues at a slow pace

WIN Labor News August 6, 2010

Headlines:
AFL-CIO: Economic Policies That End Jobs Crisis While Improving Social Security And Medicare More Important Than Deficit Reduction- 08/06/10
Google Has Rough News Day- 08/06/10
GOP Colorado Governor Candidate Promises To Eliminate 4,000 State Jobs – But Gov Doesn’t Have That Power- 08/06/10

WIN Labor News August 5, 2010

Headlines:
President Obama Reiterates His Support For Employee Free Choice Act At AFL-CIO Exec Council Meeting- 08/05/10
Senate Passes $26 Billion Aid Package For States As Unions Hail The Jobs It Will Save- 08/05/10

WIN Labor News August 4, 2010

Headlines:
UAW President: Effort To Organize Foreign Auto Transplants Will Be Broad Campaign of Conscience- 08/04/10
New York City Faith Community Feels Called To Fight For Living Wage For Workers- 08/04/10
CWA Supports T-Mobile Workers In Ongoing Campaign- 08/04/10

Labor Radio: August 3, 2010

Headlines:
NYC union city number one
Health care reform produce $8 billion in Medicare savings
Five point six million workers added under Social Security tax break
UAW intensifies pressure on non-unionized companies

Labor Radio August 2, 2010

Headlines:
Bill providing medical treatment to 9-11 rescue workers dies in the House - 8/02/10
National Conference of State Legislature’s resolution heralds change in way country views trade agreements
Obama heads to Detroit touting success of auto bailout