May
2013 23
2013 23
VIDEO: Fast Food Forward Workers Surround Domino’s in Brooklyn Following Wrongful Termination
After parking my car this early afternoon I encountered dozens of Fast Food Forward-affiliated protestors preparing to take action against a Domino’s Pizza on Graham Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Activists explained that an employee named “Gregory” had been wrongfully terminated and that the group planned to shut the...
May
2013 22
2013 22
ELECTRICAL BIEBER: For Five Days Last Week, Hundreds of Men and Women Camped Out for a Shot at IBEW Apprenticeship
Beginning last Wednesday in Long island City, New York, over 800 people waited in line to apply for union apprenticeship. Some waited over five days and nights for a chance at a rewarding career as a union elevator mechanic. Most of the apprentice hopefuls had the same motivation in mind: a higher quality of ...
May
2013 21
2013 21
IBEW Pres. Hill’s Op-Ed Supporting Retail and Fast Food Workers Strikes a Chord
In an interesting and well-crafted op-ed for The Huffington Post, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) International President Edwin Hill asks all workers in America to stand with low-wage workers in the fast food and retail industries to demand an end to exploitative pay practices. Hill notes the similarities between the...
May
2013 21
2013 21
Sheet Metal Workers in Ohio Sue 12 Banks Over Pension Fund Mismanagement
Sheet Metal Workers from Local 33 in Parma, Ohio are taking action against 12 major banks who they say have restrained competition for credit default swaps (CDS) between 2008 and 2011. Local 33′s Cleveland District Pension Plan has filed a lawsuit pursuing a jury trial and class action status to determine if the banks violated ...
May
2013 17
2013 17
Building Trades Join Union Protest Over Sale of Tribune Co. Newspapers to the Koch Brothers
The potential sale of the Los Angeles Times (LAT) to the Koch Brothers’ empire has sparked outrage from a wide array of onlookers with the newspaper’s employees apparently leading the charge. Both right-leaning Hot Air and the Washington Post write that at a recent in-house awards ceremony, LAT columnist Steve Lopez asked his fellow...
May
2013 16
2013 16
New LiUNA! Training Center Adds “15,000 Square Feet of Pure Opportunity” for Delaware, New Jersey
Delaware Governor Jack Markell was on hand when the Laborers International Union of America (LiUNA!) opened its new training facility in Newark earlier this week. The facility is the 78th to open nationwide and the first to open in the Blue Hen State. The training center will help union members by providing free training and ...
May
2013 14
2013 14
AFL-CIO’s Building Investment Trust Breaks Ground on Another Union-Paid-For Development
Ground has been broken in Hoboken, NJ on the $131 million Park Place development which will be paid for and developed by union workers. Park Place will house 212 rental units as well as retail and educational space. Using environmentally-friendly design it will become the second Hoboken building to achieve LEED-certified Gold status. The...
May
2013 13
2013 13
SF Sheet Metal Workers Organize 1.5 Million New Hours of Work Through Grassroots Activism
This is a cross-post via the Sheet Metal workers website… On February 3rd, hundreds of Local 104 members from across Northern California were joined by leaders and staff from across the United States and Canada for the local union’s Second Annual Campaign for Jobs Leadership Conference. The several hundred members who attended came...
May
2013 2
2013 2
Enviro Concerns Threaten Job-Creating $300 Million LG Electronics Headquarters Construction in NJ
A battle is brewing in the New Jersey palisades as South Korea-based LG Electronics is looking to build its new North American headquarters on a 27-acre lot near the Hudson River. Environmental groups and labor are now going toe-to-toe with conservationists angered that the new LG campus will peek over the treeline. The area has ...
Apr
2013 26
2013 26
IUPAT DC 35 Reaches Out for Support for 18-Year Old Girl Injured in Boston Bombings
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 35 family is coming together to help a brother whose family was directly affected by the Boston Marathon bombings: Celeste and Sydney Corcoran, were badly injured in the blasts at the Boston Marathon on 4/15/13. Sydney, 18, suffered severe injuries and deep arterial...
Apr
2013 22
2013 22
Teamsters to Form Human Shield Around Boston Bombing Victim’s Funeral Keeping Westboro Baptist Out
A heartwarming action taking place in Medford, MA this morning. Via Teamster Nation: Hundreds of Boston Teamsters from Local 25 are answering the call to protect Krystle Campbell’s funeral from a possible protest by Westboro Baptist church members. Campbell, 29, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. Hundreds of Teamsters formed a solid...
Apr
2013 16
2013 16
Insulators are Among Seven Unions Pulling $1B in Pension Funds from Royal Bank of Canada Over Outsourcing Scandal
Seven unions in Canada have announced that they will pull over $1 billion in pension funds from Royal Bank of Canada Investor Services if their parent company proceeds with a plan to outsource information technology jobs. In a letter sent to Royal Bank of Canada, representatives of the B.C. Insulators Union announced their intentions. The ...
