News Overview

By host on 6/29/2010 3:39 PM

Last Saturday June 26^th was the day of the 2010 Commencement Exercises at the National Labor College. Sixteen SMWIA members received their degrees, they being tied for the most graduates with the IAM.

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By host on 6/29/2010 12:22 PM

A federal court upheld new democratic voting procedures for workers in the airline and rail industries who want to form unions. Earlier this year, the National Mediation Board (NMB) issued a new rule that says air and rail union elections must be decided by a majority of votes cast.

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By host on 6/29/2010 12:05 PM

The current economy is “not normal,” unemployment affects different groups of people than it did before, and the recovery – in terms of the joblessness numbers – will take longer than it did in prior slumps, the Labor Department’s top economist says.

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By host on 6/29/2010 11:56 AM

Calling workers “frustrated, anxious and angry” about “an economy that doesn’t work for them,” AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka says unions’ mission this election year is to “channel” the anger in a positive direction.

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By host on 6/26/2010 10:46 PM

“Meeting the needs of engineers and building owners” and “easy solutions to NFPA standards” were the buzzwords at the 2010 ICB/TABB Conference, held May 2-8 in San Jose, California.

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