June 28, 2013 By Wisconsin AFL-CIO News On Wednesday June 19th , in an unusually fast move, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed Gov. Walker’s 2013-2015 Budget on a 55-42 vote. …
June 28, 2013 By Wisconsin AFL-CIO News On Wednesday June 19th , in an unusually fast move, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed Gov. Walker’s 2013-2015 Budget on a 55-42 vote. …
…he ridiculed Amtrak’s service along the Northeast Corridor as a joke compared to international high-speed rail service. “Are you aware that the average speed from Washington, D.C to New York…
June 28, 2013 By Pablo Ros http://www.afscme.org/blog/ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled in favor of 2,800 Connecticut state employees, 700 of whom are…
…These deaths are preventable.” James Conway, director of industry advancement, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B, was one of several union leaders to join Ms. Gee on a panel…
…rank-and-file workers and nine of its 21 bargaining units. California Highway Patrol officers and state firefighters’ contracts run for the next several years, but the remaining 10 units, including those…
…years, as almost 2,400 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Service Employees International Union walked out after negotiations broke down. The workers have gone five years without a…
…a strike, officials said June 26. With their contracts expiring Sunday night, the unions—Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represent 2,375 workers—are asking…
July 27, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Citing her work to enact sick-pay and prevailing-wage legislation, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union has endorsed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn…
…for “outstanding achievement” on June 13, 2013. The six were James Claffey, president of International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 1; Robert Croghan and Sheila Gorsky, chairperson and…
