JUNE 18, 2007 STORY TOOLS COVER STORY By Michael Mandel The Real Cost Of Offshoring U.S. data show that moving jobs overseas hasn't hurt the economy. Here's...
Alliance@IBM CWA Local 1701 and Global IBM Unions to Hold Emergency Meeting in Paris June 26- June 28 Endicott, N.Y. -- In response to job cuts, job shifting...
Will they get serious and go on strike for as long as it takes or declare another 15 minute work stopage (Noon - 12:15)? A general strike is the only way to...
... ============== Nah, Brian. Not really. Some of us are pussycats. But, in retrospect, it seems that Jleti might have gotten some of the far ripples of...
The U.S. Senate will debate and vote on the Employee Free Choice Act this week. As the vote approaches, working families from across the country are rallying...
"They" are you and the other union members (American or not). If you want to get management's attention, YOU STRIKE - not ignore phone calls for 15 minutes....
Maybe. It is also one reason why they got a bad reputation. I give you the late Mike Quill of NYC Rapid Transit fame, just to mention one example. Albert...
Well, since they have not achieved a union at IBM, I guess the negotiators must not be too swift. How many years now? LOCKOUT!!! What do you call all the...
If this is the bill where they outlaw the "secret ballot", and vote by a show of hands whether or not to have a union, realize it is a two-edge sword. Those...
They sign cards, not a show of hands. You need to go to the AFL/CIO web site and study up on this before you make such comments. You also clearly do not...
Ok. How about UPS strikes. I was on that line. A scab drove right over one of the picketers. How about the sheet metal strikes back when I was a member of that...
Nice coverage by CSpan today from 5-6:30 EDT on the Senate debate on the Employee Free Choice Act. More debate tomorrow is scheduled so if you get CSpan on...
... Here is a great site to tap into for the Employee Free Choice Act. http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/ Feel free to use their resources at...
The final vote in the US Senate was 51-48. 60 votes were needed to force consideration for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (HR 800). No doubt this bill...
From: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/polishamericanforum/message/9715 On July 3/30, 1619 1619. Account of strike by Polish settlers in Jamestown, Virg. entered...
IBM Workers International Solidarity Conference June 25 to 28, 2007 Paris, France 55 Union members from IBM, representing 17 unions from 13 countries, met in...
I came across the following articel in the July issue of Infoworld. Is the CWA actively lobbying against this nonsense? Indian businesses want action on H-1B...
Employers Abusing H1-B Visa Program - Cheap Labor January 20, 2006 A new report by an immigration research group supports CWA's stance that American employers...
Enterprise Workers' Efforts to Form a Union by Mike Hall, Jul 14, 2007 Backed by the encouraging words of Massachusetts Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry,...
Group, FYI. Check the following link (if you already haven't). , , , Frank http://forums.poughkeepsiejournal.com/viewforum.php?f=97 -"To sin by silence, when...
Labour news from UNI global union - More than 1'850 -real- people protested behind their computers in over 30 countries to show solidarity with IBM Italy...
... Interesting article. Looks like SouthernYankee doesn't read much. ... men." - Abe Lincoln ... the wrong country - ... epidemic." - Frank ... people of...
I thought SouthernYankee stated the case quite well. The only point on which I might quibble to a degree is the "degree of respect shown to the individual"....
... SouthernYankee stated the case about the old IBM, yes he did. Quite well indeed. Then Southern Yankee said: 'At IBM, there will never be a cut back on...
OK I'll bite, what s a "first choicer"? ... SouthernYankee stated the case about the old IBM, yes he did. Quite well indeed. Then Southern Yankee said: 'At...
