Monday, September 13, 2010

LIUNA - Spanish News Clips 9-10-10

To keep abreast of coverage of LIUNA and issues important to LIUNA in the Spanish-language news media, we will be distributing a roundup of Spanish-language news coverage. Stories with a * specifically mention LIUNA. If you do not want to receive these news clips, simply let us know by replying to this email.

 

*Univisión - Obama lanzó nuevo plan de estimulo (Yanira Merino, LIUNA & Hilda Solís, DOL)

http://www.univision.com/content/video.jhtml?cid=2526561&channelName=Videos&_requestid=27743

 

*La Opinión - Sindicatos en campaña electoral (Sergio Rascón LIUNA Local 300)

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/la-california/2010/9/5/sindicatos-en-campantilde;a-el-208879-1.html#commentsBlock

 

* La Opinión - Una economía atascada (Sergio Rascón LIUNA Local 300)

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/primera-pagina/2010/9/7/una-economia-atascada-209229-1.html#commentsBlock

 

*Univisión - Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores se reintegra a AFL-CIO

http://www.univision.com/contentroot/wirefeeds/usa/8273101.shtml

 

*El Mexicano - "LIUNA Construye Indiana 2010" luchará por trabajos en ciudades cercanas de Gary (Página 5)  http://www.elmexicanonews.com/newspaper/september/septembernewspaper.html

 

Impre.com - Manos hispanas reconstruyen Zona Cero

http://www.impre.com/noticias/2010/9/10/manos-hispanas-reconstruyen-zo-209924-1.html#commentsBlock

 

EFE - Los latinos y la salud (El Presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, escribe esta interesante columna.)

http://www.impre.com/noticias/nacionales/2010/9/7/los-latinos-y-la-salud-209385-1.html#commentsBlock

 

La Opinión - Entrevista exclusiva con Presidente Obama

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/estados-unidos/2010/9/9/entrevista-exclusiva-con-presi-209735-1.html#commentsBlock

 

El Tiempo LV - Futuras contrataciones en EE.UU. beneficiarán a personal calificado

http://www.eltiempolv.com/articles/2010/09/10/nacional/doc4c8a807c8a221899704332.txt

 

La Voz Arizona - Destinan recursos para ayudar a propietarios de viviendas

http://www.lavozarizona.com/lavoz/noticias/articles/2010/09/10/20100910destinan.html

 

Washington Hispanic - Corte frena ley contra inmigrantes

http://www.washingtonhispanic.com/nota5297.html

 

El Tiempo Latino - Convocan a otra marcha en DC

http://eltiempolatino.com/ind_window/convocan.html

 

Washington Hispanic - CHCI le da la bienvenida al mes de herencia hispana

http://www.washingtonhispanic.com/nota5299.html

 

CNN - Los mineros de Chile envían a la superficie un video con su rutina

http://mexico.cnn.com/mundo/2010/09/10/los-mineros-de-chile-envian-a-la-superficie-un-video-con-su-rutina

 

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

LIUNA - Spanish News Clips 8-27-10

To keep abreast of coverage of LIUNA and issues important to LIUNA in the Spanish-language news media, we will be distributing a roundup of Spanish-language news coverage. Stories with a * specifically mention LIUNA. If you do not want to receive these news clips, simply let us know by replying to this email.

*Washington Hispanic - Obreros protestan contra empresa constructora

http://www.washingtonhispanic.com/nota5182.html

*El Tiempo Latino - Trabajadores protestan contra compañía en DC

http://eltiempolatino.com/locales/trabajadores.html

*SDP (Notimex) - Exigen libertad sindical a compañía constructora en EUA

http://sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2010/08/26/4/1104297

*Washington City Paper (VIDEO) DC Concrete Workers Rally for Justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXUYLy99l8s

*El Día News (Indiana) - LIUNA se prepara para construir América Crear 463.000 Trabajos en Gary, Hammond y las comunidades adyacentes en Indiana

http://www.eldianews.com/?nwid=6822

*Washington Hispanic - Se reunifican dos grandes centrales de trabajadores

http://www.washingtonhispanic.com/nota5098.html

*SDP (Notimex) - Se reintegrara LIUNA a central sindical AFL-CIO en EUA

http://sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2010/08/16/4/1097921

*Noticiero Viva Vegas (VIDEO) - LCLAA Convención (John Delgado, Local 79 y Yanira Merino, LIUNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ORbImGLkMc

*Impre (VIDEO) - Arizona Trip (Humberto Gómez)

http://www.impre.com/multimedia/impreplayer.php?pid=1201201

*La Opinión - Quieren trabajos, y los quieren ahora (Sergio Rascón)

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/la-california/2010/8/14/quieren-trabajos--y-los-quiere-204704-1.html#commentsBlock

La Opinión (EFE) - Baja la cifra de solicitudes por desempleo

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/negocios/2010/8/27/baja-la-cifra-de-solicitudes-p-207176-1.html#commentsBlock

La Opinión (AP) - Crece el riesgo de los embargos

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/negocios/2010/8/27/crece-el-riesgo-de-los-embargo-207217-1.html#commentsBlock

Chicago Noticias - Inicia coalición campaña para aumentar voto inmigrante

http://chicagonoticias.com/?q=content/inicia-coalici%C3%B3n-campa%C3%B1-para-aumentar-voto-inmigrante

Terra Noticias - ¿Cómo vive un indocumentado en EE.UU?

http://noticias.terra.com/noticias/como_vive_un_indocumentado_en_ee_uu/act2485502

Univision (EFE) - Estados Unidos sufre un freno en su recuperación económica

http://www.univisiondc.com/197674-Estados-Unidos-sufre-un-freno-en-su-recuperaci%C3%B3n-econ%C3%B3mica.html

Univision - Indice de aprobación mejoró para Obama pero aún sigue por debajo del 50%

http://noticias.univision.com/estados-unidos/obama/article/2010-08-27/indice-de-aprobacion-mejoro-para

Univision - El sueño americano se ha convertido en pesadilla para los latinos, según funcionario

http://noticias.univision.com/estados-unidos/latinos/article/2010-08-26/el-sueno-americano-se-ha

BBC Mundo - Gobernadora de Arizona defiende a la ley SB 1070 en la corte

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/internacional/2010/08/100826_eeuu_ley_arizona_inmigracion_demanda_brewer_mf.shtml

El Diario La Prensa - Mineros chilenos atrapados graban video

http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/nuestros-paises/2010/8/27/mineros-chilenos-atrapados-gra-207306-1.html?nstrack=sid:671876|met:300|cat:0|order:4#commentsBlock

Telemundo (VIDE0) - Cómo viven los mineros atrapados en Chile

http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/informacion_y_noticias/Noticiero_Telemundo/video_player?uuid=d6d6d3

Friday, August 27, 2010

UNION CITY! 08/27/2010



 TODAY'S LABOR NEWS 

ON THE LINE
Today, August 27 9:45A:
Labor On The Air: Latest Local
Labor News Updates With Metro
Council President Joslyn Williams

Saturday, August 28 10A:
Ward 5 Labor-To-Labor
GOTV Walk

Saturday, August 28 11A:
"Reclaim The Dream"
Rally & March:
“The purpose of the march is reclaiming the dream of Dr. King which focuses on equal education, immigration reform, employment opportunities, and equal protections under the law,” says SEIU 722’s Organizing Director Rick Malachi

Friday, August 27, 2010

LOCAL CONCRETE WORKERS DEMAND DIGNITY, RESPECT: More than 100 concrete workers and community allies descended on the Consolidated Forensic Laboratory construction site at 6th Street, SW yesterday morning, protesting contractor Southland Concrete’s “unsafe practices, unfair layoffs and poor working conditions.” The workers are organizing with the United Construction Workers (UCW) union, but allege that they have been fired, intimidated and harassed by Southland Concrete for their pro-union activity. “Southland fired me for wanting to join a union and have a voice on the job,” said Misael Rivera (at right), a construction worker with over 18 years experience. “They are trying to stop me from speaking out about the daily abuse, poor pay and horrible working conditions – they even offered me double my old salary if I promised to stop organizing.” At-Large DC Councilmember Phil Mendelson – who is up for re-election in the September 14 primary, and is expected to be at Saturday's labor-to-labor walk – told Union City, “I’m out here today to show my support for these workers who have the right to organize and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.” The protestors rallied for over an hour, shaking rattle-cans and waving signs that read, “We are not disposable” and “United for a better future!” Rivera added, “The only solution to our problem is to stand united together and organize to end these injustices- we refuse to be intimidated any longer!” – report/photo by Adam Wright

GRAY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DC NURSES: DC mayoral candidate and City Council Chairman Vince Gray (center) Wednesday renewed his pledge of support for nurses at the Washington Hospital Center (WHC). Earlier this year, Gray expressed his disappointment in the hospital’s firings and disciplinary actions against nurses and other staff who were unable to make it to work during the massive snowstorms that paralyzed the city in February. At a meeting with the leadership of Nurses United on Wednesday, Gray agreed to send a letter to WHC President John Sullivan urging settlement of a contract that will preserve quality care and safety at Washington Hospital Center by providing nurses the pay, benefits, and respect they deserve. "Vince really listened to our concerns and we are excited to have his support," said Nurses United President Dottie Hararas. Nurses United represents the 1600 nurses at Washington Hospital Center who have been working without a contract since the end of June. The union will be meeting in the coming days to decide on an endorsement in the September 14 Democratic primary. - photo by Michael Wilson

LABOR-TO-LABOR WALKS CONTINUE SATURDAY: Labor-to-labor walks continue this Saturday to help elect labor-endorsed candidates in Wards 4, 5 and At-Large in the District's September 14 Primary. "With only three weeks until Election Day, dozens of volunteers are expected to turn out to door knock in support of Phil Mendelson, Harry "Tommy" Thomas Jr., Vince Gray and Eleanor Holmes Norton," says Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO Assistant Political Coordinator Alya Solomon. "All are welcome to join us! Also, we will be educating residents about the confusion over Michael Brown's name on the ballot," adds Solomon. "Michael D. Brown is a shadow US Senator running for DC City Council At-Large against the three-term incumbent and pro-labor candidate Phil Mendelson, whereas Michael A. Brown - son of the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown - currently sits on the DC City Council as an At-Large member and is not up for re-election. This poses a problem if the electorate does not know who they are voting for." Click here for details on Saturday's walk, including times and location.

UNION VOICE: Readers Write: Three Quarters, Not Two Thirds: “Your note about the passage of the 19th amendment on women's suffrage (8/26 UC Labor History) contains an inaccuracy,” writes David Gurowsky. “A proposed amendment must be ratified by three-quarters, not two-thirds of the states to be adopted.” “Of course you're right, and we apologize for the error,” responds David Prosten at UCS. “Two-thirds of both houses of Congress have to propose an amendment or two-thirds of state legislators have to ask for a national convention; three-fourths of legislatures have to actually approve the amendment, or three-fourths of states must ratify it in convention.  We'll get it straight next time around.”

WEEKEND LABOR HISTORY: Some 14,000 Chicago teachers who have gone without pay for several months finally collect about $1,400 each (8/27/1934); President Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not returned to their owners until two years later (8/27/1950); The march for jobs and freedom—the Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have A Dream" speech march (l)—is held in Washington, D.C. with 250,000 participating (8/28/1963); Dancers at San Francisco’s  Lusty Lady Club vote 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract, ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths (8/29/1996); Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, begin what is to become a two-week strike for higher pay (8/29/1998); More info & ammo for unionists is available online from Union Communication Services. - photo courtesy A&E Television Networks


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Thursday, August 26, 2010

UNION CITY! 08/26/2010



 TODAY'S LABOR NEWS 

ON THE LINE
Today, August 26 11:30A:
Construction Workers'
Rally For Respect

Thursday, August 26, 2010

BRICKS OBJECT TO NON-UNION MASONRY AT VP BIDEN'S OFFICE: It's the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, and it's where Vice President Biden has his office, along with many other White House officials. The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers union (BAC) found out recently that despite all the Obama administration's rhetoric about providing decent, green, union jobs, the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a masonry restoration project at the building to a non-union contractor. "We're in the middle of the biggest recession since the great depression and president Obama has spoken forcefully about the need to create good jobs with good benefits," says BAC Local 1's Raymond Keen, "So why did the President's administration give this major contract to a company that doesn't provide good benefits and pays its employees far less than responsible local contractors?" Keen told Union City yesterday afternoon that after meeting with BAC President James Boland on Tuesday, GSA representatives have committed to working more closely with organized labor in the future and have increased the workers' pay and benefits, but not to the levels the BAC says are appropriate. - ILCA Insider Newsletter, with additional reporting by Adam Wright; photo: members and staff of BAC Local 1 hand billing outside the EEOB; photo by Tony Garcia, BAC Art Director

MOTT’S STRIKE GARNERS NATIONAL ATTENTION: The ongoing strike by upstate New York Mott’s workers – first covered by Union City back in early July and supported from the very beginning by UFCW 400 – is now drawing much-deserved national attention, including a front-page New York Times article last week. Mott’s is owned by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is demanding major wage cuts while posting record profits. “This fight has implications well beyond these workers,” noted AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka earlier this week. “This greedy company thinks it can take advantage of a small group in Williamson, New York, while the rest of the labor movement sits by and watches. If we allow this to happen in New York, it will spread to other profitable companies seeking to follow suit.” Supporters are being urged to boycott products from Mott’s, Snapple and Dr. Pepper; click here for a list. – photo: outside the Mott’s apple juice plant in Williamson, N.Y., Mike LeBerth, president of the union local, is picketing against demands for wage and benefit givebacks; photo by James Rajotte for The New York Times

“UNIONS CANNOT WIN ON OUR OWN” SAYS AUSSIE ACTIVIST: “While coalitions are not an absolute solution to changing the dynamic of a hostile political environment – and an economy that only serves the interests of large corporations – they are paramount to strengthening the brawn and brains of unions,” said Australian labor activist and author Amanda Tattersall (r) at yesterday’s lunchtime discussion at the AFL-CIO. “Unions cannot win on our own – it is vital that we bring others to the movement around social change issues not isolated to collective bargaining.” Tattersall reflected on experiences based on campaigns in Australia, Canada and the United States and explored five key lessons to sustain an effective social movement, which are the focus of her new book, Power In Coalition: Strategies For Strong Unions And Social ChangeShe is the founder and Director of the Sydney Alliance – a diverse coalition of unions, community organizations and religious organizations – and is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Unions New South Wales, the central labor council in Sydney representing 600,000 workers.
– report/photo by Adam Wright

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY: Fannie Sellins (l) and Joseph Starzeleski are murdered by coal company guards on a picket line in Brackenridge, Penn. Sellins was a United Mine Workers of America organizer and Starzeleski was a miner (1919); After two-thirds of the states had ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, women win their long struggle for the vote (1920); With America in the depths of the Great Depression, the Comptroller of the Currency announces a temporary halt on foreclosures of first mortgages (1932); In what some may consider one of the many management decisions that was to help cripple the American auto industry over the following decades, Ford Motor Co. produces its first Edsel. Ford dropped the project two years later after losing approximately $350 million (1957); More than 1,300 bus drivers on Oahu, Hawaii begin what is to become a five week strike (2003); More info & ammo for unionists is available online from Union Communication Services. - photo courtesy Northern Illinois University


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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

UNION CITY! Hiring Hall 08/25/2010


 


 TODAY'S LABOR NEWS

ON THE LINE
Today, August 25 12P:
Power In Coalition: A Discussion
With Australian Activist
& Author Amanda Tattersall

Thursday, August 26 11:30A:
Construction Workers'
Rally For Respect

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

SCHOOL OFFICERS’ UNION PUSHES FOR “FAIR SHARE” OF FED FUNDS: The Council of School Officers (CSO) is urging Mayor Adrian Fenty and DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Michelle Rhee to recognize the critically important jobs filled by many of its members who work as assistant principals, school psychologists, social workers, speech therapists, special education coordinators and other service providers. Despite their significant role in day-to-day student success and achievement, “DCPS has inexplicably decided to freeze out these individuals from a fair share of the millions of federal dollars that have been specifically approved to fairly compensate education professionals,” CSO said in a letter to Fenty and Rhee last week. The union is calling on Fenty and Rhee to “fully explain and document the types of funds being used by DCPS to compensate employees and where that money is being spent.”

SCREEN SCENE INSPIRES ANEW: “We kicked that bosses' ass and now he's in jail where he belongs,” said UE’s Chris Townsend (below) at Monday night’s screening of Workers’ Republic. More than 50 area activists packed the Langston Room at the U Street Busboys and Poets to watch the inspiring story of the workers at Republic Windows and Doors whose successful December 2008 sit-in transfixed the nation. The screening was sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest, United Electrical Workers Union, DC Jobs With Justice and the International Socialist Organization. REMINDER: Support the 10th annual DC Labor FilmFest by reserving your ad in the FilmFest program guide today! Click here for a FilmFest ratesheet and email streetheat@dclabor.org to reserve space. - photo by Chris Garlock

AUSSIE ACTIVIST/AUTHOR ON BUILDING POWER IN COALITIONS: Australian activist and author Amanda Tattersall will discuss how to build powerful coalitions between unions and community organizations at today's lunchtime discussion at the AFL-CIO, where she'll also launch her new book "Power in Coalition." "Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organizations in three countries: the public education coalition in Sydney, Toronto's Ontario Health Coalition fighting to save universal health care, and Chicago's living wage campaign run by the Grassroots Collaborative," says the AFL-CIO. Click here for details or email sreynold@aflcio.org to RSVP.

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TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY: Birth of Allan Pinkerton, whose strike-breaking detectives ("Pinks") gave us the word "fink" (1819); Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - America's first African American labor union – founded at a meeting in New York City. “We went through miles of smiles and years of struggle,” says 99-year-old former porter Linus Scott. The founding of the Brotherhood was an important milestone in the labor movement, which had previously been all white. But more importantly, it laid the foundation for the modern civil rights movement, by proving that blacks could organize and achieve tangible results. A. Philip Randolph became the union's first organizer (1925); More info & ammo for unionists is available online from Union Communication Services. - photo: a sleeping car porter employed by the Pullman Company at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois 1943; photo courtesy Library of Congress

HIRING HALL WEEKLY ROUND UP
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ADMINISTRATIVE
Administrative Assistant - Organization and Field Services (8/24)
AFT


Administrative Assistant - AFT Higher Education (8/24)
AFT


Office Administrator, International Department (8/24)
AFL-CIO


COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Communications (8/24)
NLC


MISC
Instructional Designer (8/24)
Transportation Learning Center/ATU


Program Officer - Academic Freedom and Tenure (8/24)
AAUP


Senior Manager for Development (8/24)
CASA de Maryland


RESEARCH
Legislative Research Analyst (8/24)
SEIU


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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

UNION CITY! 08/24/2010



 TODAY'S LABOR NEWS 

ON THE LINE
Today, August 24 6:30P:
DC Chairman & At-Large Councilmember Candidate Forum
Wednesday, August 25 12P:
Power In Coalition: A Discussion With Australian Activist
& Author Amanda Tattersall

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

AFGE TARGETS FENTY IN RADIO ADS: The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 600,000 federal and District of Columbia public employees, last week launched an ad campaign targeting D.C.’s mayor (r). In the “We Have a Problem with Our Boss,” 60 second radio spot, the public employee union details attacks against city employees by the mayor, including eliminating the Department of Public Recreation’s child care services agency. The ad also chastises the mayor for a failure to nominate members to the Public Employee Relations Board, which resolves disputes between public employees and the city. This year the mayor attempted to eliminate the agency in his proposed budget. “Public employees in the District of Columbia are in a fight to protect their jobs, their most basic civil service protections, and their dignity,” said Dwight Bowman, AFGE 14th district national vice-president (and Metro Council Executive Board member), which represents federal and D.C. employees in the metro Washington area. “This radio campaign is an articulation of those concerns.” Click here for more on this story. - photo by Adam Wright

UNION PLUS OFFERS DISCOUNT ON PRINCETON REVIEW: The rising costs of education can be a daunting hurdle for working families. But thanks to a new Union Plus discount, union members and their children can now save up to 50% on college test prep courses (including SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT) from the Princeton Review.  The new offerings also include courses covering college financial aid (including FAFSA tips) and the college admissions process; union members can choose from in-person classes, tutoring or online courses. “Union groups that want to offer courses, free tests, etc. to their membership can contact anthonyr@review.com with any questions and we can put you in touch with a local Princeton Review office in your area,” adds Union Privilege’s Eleanor Trice. Click here for details, or call 1-888-243-7737.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY: The Mechanics Gazette, believed to be the first U.S. labor newspaper, is published in Philadelphia, the outgrowth of a strike by Carpenters demanding a shorter, 10-hour day. The strike lost but labor journalism blossomed: within five years there were 68 labor newspapers across the country, many of them dailies (1827); The Gatling Gun Co. – manufacturers of an early machine gun – writes to B&O Railroad Co. President John W. Garrett during a strike, urging their product be purchased to deal with the "recent riotous disturbances around the country." Says the company: "Four or five men only are required to operate (a gun), and one Gatling ... can clear a street or block and keep it clear" (1877); National Association of Letter Carriers formed (1889); United Farm Workers Union begins lettuce strike (1970); More info & ammo for unionists is available online from Union Communication Services. - photo: Cesar Chavez (third from right) leading a lettuce boycott march in New York City, 1973; photo courtesy Getty Images


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