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2/26/2009 2:59 PM
Local 36 member Carla Buschjost was recently appointed to be Director of the Division of Labor Standards (DLS) at the Missouri Department of Labor. In this position, Buschjost will oversee the Division’s worker safety sections and will have executive oversight of Missouri’s Child Labor and Prevailing Wage laws.
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2/26/2009 12:32 PM
After Republicans backed away from an expected filibuster and agreed to stop several weeks of delaying tactics, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday afternoon approved the nomination of Representative Hilda Solis by an <
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2/26/2009 11:47 AM
On April 28, to honor those killed and injured on the job and to call for improved workplace safety, workers across Canada and the United States and around the world will mark Workers Memorial Day. The theme of this is “Good Jobs. Safe Jobs. Give Workers a Voice for a Change.”
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2/26/2009 10:15 AM
The AFL-CIO and Change to Win filed a joint complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week against the Center for Union Facts and the Marcus Foundation for violating their “charitable” tax status by engaging in partisan political activity on behalf of Republican Senate candidates during the 2008 election.
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2/25/2009 11:03 AM
This week, dozens of America's leading economists issued a statement calling on President Obama and Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act in order to fix America's ailing economy and help consumers get out of the hole created by the effect of 30 years of wage stagnation due to conservative laissez-faire policies.
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2/25/2009 10:46 AM
The National Labor Relations Board recently announced three changes to its e-filing program designed to simplify and encourage electronic filings.
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2/23/2009 3:07 PM
 Applications and related material required for the 2009-2010 Sheet Metal Workers International Association scholarship awards must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2009.
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2/19/2009 10:43 AM
 Today, the leaders of the United States and Canada will meet for the first time to discuss a range of important bilateral and global issues.
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2/18/2009 3:08 PM
In a move that angered residents across Florida, as well as the state’s Congressional delegation, CYVSA, the largest HVAC contractor in Mexico, received permission from both the state of Florida and the U.S. Department of Labor last year in a bid to bring workers in from Mexico to install the air conditioning and heating ducts - even though there are more than a thousand unemployed sheet metal workers in the Miami area.
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2/13/2009 8:45 PM
 With dissenting votes only from Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and Thomas Coburn, R-Okla., the Senate Labor Committee on Feb. 11 approved Democratic President Barack Obama’s nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., to become Secretary of Labor. No date was set for a full Senate vote on her, but easy confirmation was expected.
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