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INK: September 24, 2009
Labor Relations INK Download a PDF of this issue with links here. In This Issue: • EFCA Update • Turmoil Behind the Scenes • Divisive Rhetoric • PLUS September Scoreboard, Employee Relations...
View Article“I am not discouraged by Tuesday’s election results…”
Guess who said it: “I am not discouraged by Tuesday’s election results.” Hint: His name rhymes with Bumka. Click here to find out. P.S. I’m not saying the AFL-CIO is discouraged, but I’m pretty sure...
View ArticleEFCA Alive After All?
Interesting news this weekend from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. He predicted “check card” or Employee Free Choice Act will pass this year right after health care legislation. It has recently been...
View ArticleAFL-CIO Urging Obama to Recess Appoint Becker
Saying “enough is enough,” Trumka is asking people to call the White House switchboard and demand that President Obama recess appoint Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to the NLRB. Not that surprising -...
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Greetings From Planet Trumka
In an interview with Bloomberg last week, AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka sounds like he’s visiting from another space-time continuum. To start, Trumka claims that with one foot in the grave and the...
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Trumka: Undocumented Carwashers are the Future of the Labor Movement
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka was in Los Angeles last week to celebrate the signing of collective bargaining agreements between the Steelworkers and the Vermont Carwash and Nava’s Carwash in South...
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AFL-CIO Skews The Facts
The AFL-CIO recently released “Executive Paywatch” report continues to misrepresent to the American public the difference between CEO pay in the U.S. with that of employees. According to the Bureau of...
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Surprise, Surprise! Trumka Re-elected
Richard Trumka At the AFL-CIO convention recently held in St. Louis, Trumka and two other top executives ran unopposed and were elected to a third four-year term at the top of the labor organization....
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