June 17, 2013
By Diane Cohen
New York, NY - Actor Esai has publicly announced his intention to run for SAG-AFTRA President against Ken Howard. Morales, is currently appearing in the new Starz series "Magic City," and is a national board member of SAG-AFTRA. The newly-merged union holds its first combined election in July. Ballots for the national elections will go out July 16 and the deadline for their return is August 15. The president, secretary-treasurer and the majority of the board seats will be filled.
June 12, 2013
By Stephanie West
Pittsburgh, Penn. – United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard recently wrote to Fernando Ferrer, Acting Chairman, and Thomas F. Prendergast, Interim Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), questioning its decision to use 15,000 tons of steel, all sourced from China, to rebuild the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
June 17, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Washington, DC - On June 13, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released what he termed a “discussion draft” of a possible postal reform bill that he hopes to introduce in the near future.
June 11, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Washington DC - After stonewalling for more than two months, the Postal Service has taken initial steps to enforce an arbitration ruling that was a major victory for the APWU. The arbitration award which was issued on March 29 settled a dispute about the amount of bargaining unit work postmasters and supervisors may perform in certain size offices.
June 14, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Indianapolis, Minn. -- UFCW Local 700 and their members working at Kroger stores in the Indianapolis area have ratified a new labor agreement with the Kroger Co. "We are pleased to reach an agreement that is good for our associates and provides wage increases, affordable health care and a stable pension fund to support their retirement," said Jeff Burt, president of Kroger's Central Division."
June 11, 2013
New Jersey AFL-CIO
On behalf of the more than one-million-member New Jersey State AFL-CIO, we express our opposition to Governor Christie’s decision to hold a special election for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate seat just 20 days before the scheduled general election. Experts estimate that the cost of scheduling this special election will be $12 million.
June 12, 2013
By John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
Warning: I am going to be a multi-armed pollster. Zogby Analytics has just completed a poll - all taken after the revelation that the National Security Administration has been collecting "meta-data from Americans' telephone calls, Skye conversations, Google searches, and more. Surprisingly, President Barack Obama's overall job approval rating has dipped just two points to 51% and he is bolstered by strong support from Democrats (90%), liberals (89%), Hispanics (78%), African Americans (93%), and First Globals (62%).
June 11, 2013
By Neal Tepel
WASHINGTON, DC - The annual food drive of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) collected more than 74 million pounds of food to help restock food banks, pantries and shelters around the country.
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