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DOT and Congress Plan to Push Company-Friendly Legislation WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who have suffered death and injury as a result of truck crashes, held a news conference marking the re-introduction of legislation that would prevent an increase in size and weight allowances for trucks. (Logo:...

OTTAWA, May 6, 2013 /CNW/ - Canada's Building Trades Unions are hosting their annual Conference May 6-8th, 2013 in Gatineau, QC. More than 500 leaders from the construction industry from across Canada and the United States will be in attendance. This year is a policy conference wherein delegates will be formulating policy, listening to and working with representatives from the Government of Canada, Canada's political parties, important construction stakeholders and various...

Cites His Commitment to Issues Important to Nurses, their patients and the state-wide labor movement CANTON, Mass., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts Nurses Association National Nurses United (MNA/NNU), the largest union of registered nurses and health professionals in the commonwealth, today announced that it has endorsed State Representative Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060525/NETH016LOGO ) "Our endorsement of...

"Reversing sequestration and investment in nation's basic infrastructure could spur growth and prosperity for working people" WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While the dip in overall jobs growth that economists feared did not occur - the national unemployment rate went down slightly to 7.5 percent - the construction industry lost 6,000 jobs in April and construction unemployment remains in the double digits at 13.2 percent. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement in response to reports of VISN 4 Director Michael Moreland receiving a five-figure Presidential Rank award on the heels of a Legionnaires' outbreak and other whistleblower retaliation concerns in his region. "This is absolutely unbelievable. We are truly at a loss as to why the VA continues to reward those in its...

LAS VEGAS, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Taxi drivers represented by the Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees Union (ITPEU)/OPEIU Local 4873 have won their sixty-day strike at Yellow Checker Star Transportation (YCS) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new contract includes an increase in the drivers' share of the meter, reinstatement of eligibility for the four-day work week of 12 hours per day and 10-hour per day shifts, increases in annual bonuses and other benefits. In...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was released today by Sean McGarvey, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department: "America's Building Trades Unions wish to congratulate both Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey for their victories in yesterday's US Senate primary election in Massachusetts. We also wish to acknowledge and salute our good friend and union brother, US Representative Stephen Lynch, for running an enviable campaign that...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), today filed for mediation with the National Mediation Board (NMB).  Today is the one-year anniversary of the contract's amendable date. "For the last three contracts, Flight Attendants responded to management's plea to keep costs low while the airline created a winning strategy," said Jeffrey Peterson, AFA president at Alaska Airlines. "We...

Requiring all services, agencies to furlough workers will undermine readiness, increase costs WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. is expressing his disappointment at Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for rejecting a bipartisan call from lawmakers to end the arbitrary furlough of civilian employees. In an April 30 letter to Secretary Hagel, President Cox said he was "surprised and...

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LIUNA - the Laborers' International Union of North America - congratulates Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx on his nomination to serve as the next U.S. Transportation Secretary. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91600LOGO) "We applaud President Obama's nomination of Anthony Foxx and look forward to working with him as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation," said LIUNA General President Terry...