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 | Section 7, National Labor Relations Act:
"Employees shall have the right to self organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except | | to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 8(a)3." |
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9650 South Telegraph Road
Taylor, MI 48180Telephone: | (313) 926-5451 | | (313) 291-2750 | Fax: | (313) 291-2269 |
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Axle:
Benefits stall UAW talks
May 14, 2008,
by Eric Morath / The Detroit News
Supplier calls health care, jobless payments primary issues,
counter to union's comments.
After weeks of battling over wages and job security, American
Axle management said Tuesday that health care and unemployment
benefits are the two primary issues stalling talks in the United
Auto Workers' strike against the Detroit-based automotive
supplier.
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Unions vote
down contract
May 14, 2008 ,
by Stephanie Porter-Nichols, and Dan Kegley, Southwest Virginia
Today
Picketing United Auto Workers and United Defense Workers voted
down a proposed contract offered by General Dynamics Armament
and Technical Products Saturday, sending the strike into its
fifth week.
“We turned it down by the same percentage as before, 87
percent,” UDW President Gary Blevins said Monday in the union
office on Chestnut Street.
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The UAW Wants
Permission To Use Route 2 For Its Action
May 14, 2008,
by Janice Podsada, Courant Staff Writer
Union Seeks
Permit For Foxwoods Protest
The state Department of Transportation is balking at issuing
the United Auto Workers union a permit allowing workers to
gather this weekend along Route 2 in front of Foxwoods to
protest the grand opening of the new MGM Grand.
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Hamilton
Sundstrand, UAW continue negotiations
May 14, 2008 ,
by Nate Legue, Rockford Register Star
Rockford — With only days left on their current labor contract,
Hamilton Sundstrand and union negotiators are meeting daily to
hammer out an agreement before the weekend deadline.
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Many
Hispanics Are Hit Hard by Economic Slump
May 13, 2008,
by Peter S. Goodman, New York Times
DALTON, Ga. — In his first years in the United States, Carlos B.
Jacinto endured the itinerant life of a Guatemalan migrant
worker, from picking fruit in Florida to moving logs at a
sawmill in Washington. Eventually, he settled here in northern
Georgia and erected a middle-class American life.
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SolidNet:
For Your
Information
Region 1A Supports Healthcare for Michigan
It is no surprise that health care costs are skyrocketing and businesses cannot continue to pay these benefits if they want to compete in a global market. An astonishing 1 million people in Michigan do not have insurance.
This is why I am glad to announce that UAW Region 1A has partnered with Healthcare for Michigan. Healthcare for Michigan is an organization that is launching a ballot imitative campaign for the 2008 elections. The ballot would require the State Legislature to enact legislation that would control & reduces health care costs, ensure that people with health insurance won't lose it, and provide health insurance coverage for those without it.
I am asking for your help in collecting the 475,000 signatures needed to get this on the 2008 ballot. Click on the website www.healthcareformichigan.org or contact your local leadership for petitions. Petitions must be filled out correctly and completely with signer's printed name, signature, street address, zip code, and date. Important: please have people sign a petition that lists the county in which they live. Petitions must be returned no later than June 25, 2008. If you have any questions or need petitions, please contact Jim Pedersen at (313) 291-2750.
Thank you for assisting in this important campaign to help working families receive affordable healthcare in Michigan.
In solidarity,
Rory
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AFL-CIO Union Industries Show & Union Label Conference
America @ Work - Union Made in the USA Show at Cobo Hall- Free Admission! Support union made USA products & services - See hundreds of exciting exhibits and hands-on demonstrations Enter contest to win Harley-Davidson cycle and other prizes - May 16th -18th - Friday 10 am-7 pm - Sat & Sun 11 am-7 pm
Stop by Region 1A's booth for prizes and information
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Quote of the Day "The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."
Solomon Ibn Gabriol
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Rory Gamble
talks about working families issues with candidates
Director Rory
Gamble (clockwise left) meets with Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama (r). They are joined by Region 1A
Assistant CAP Coordinator Michael Joseph (l), and International
Representative Frank Woods. |
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