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ARDMORE, Pa., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners today called on sponsors of the U.S. Open to hire local tradespeople and halt the practice of importing workers and paying substandard wages in preparing for the men's national golf championship slated for June. Edward C. Coryell, executive secretary/business manager of the Carpenters' Metropolitan Regional Council of Philadelphia & Vicinity, said it is "unconscionable" that the United...
MT. LAUREL, N.J., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Burlington County, N.J. affiliate of Habitat for Humanity needed help to rehabilitate a Mt. Laurel home for a single father, carpenters from Local Union 255 answered the call. Brandon Hughes, 25, a single father of Brandon Jr., 6, had received his bachelor of science degree in computer information systems from Bloomfield College, found a good job as a computer technician and still could not qualify for a mortgage. They...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The proposals outlined by President Obama in his American Jobs Act deserve bipartisan support as our nation struggles with an unemployment crisis unlike any seen in generations. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters is heartened by the president's focus on modernizing our schools and improving the country's highways, transit, rail, and aviation systems. Our union has long advocated sensible infrastructure investment as a means to put...
WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win executive director Chris Chafe issued the following statement today in support of the minimum wage increase from $6.55 an hour to $7.25. "Today's minimum wage increase is an important step in recovering our economy, rebuilding the middle class and renewing the American Dream for America's workers. But it is only one of three prongs necessary to create a real economic stimulus package for working families. In addition to a minimum wage...
WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win chair Anna Burger issued the following statement today regarding the united efforts of the labor movement to fight for economic justice and progressive social change. "The labor movement is united in purpose and principle. We stood together in support of Barack Obama and pro-worker candidates in 2008; and, now stand together on the brink of passing both labor law and health care reform. Today, working women and men have the greatest...
WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Petroleum Institute and the labor unions representing many of its member company employees announced today the historic creation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, which will work to promote job retention and growth. API President Jack N. Gerard, Mark H. Ayers, president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, and United Brotherhood of Carpenters General President Douglas J....
Change to Win Health and Safety Coordinator Eric Frumin Available For Comment TRENTON, N.J., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win Health and Safety coordinator Eric Frumin will be available for comment before and after the scheduled sentencing hearing. WHAT: Four NJ-based executives of the Birmingham, AL-based McWane Corp. are scheduled for sentencing in Federal District court after a 30-count conviction on conspiracy, obstructing a federal investigation, and environmental violations....
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- La Torre Communications, a full-service public relations and public affairs firm, today welcomed award-winning public relations expert April L. Hutcheson to the firm. Ms. Hutcheson got her start with small nonprofit organizations before going on to serve critical roles in the administrations of Pennsylvania Govs. Tom Ridge, Mark Schweiker and Edward G. Rendell. She served as a deputy press secretary in the Office of the Governor, as well as press...
WASHINGTON, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A wide-ranging group of American labor and lumber manufacturer organizations, lumber producers and forest landowners are encouraged that Ron Kirk, the new United States Trade Representative, and Commerce Secretary nominee Gary Locke both have pledged to strongly enforce the U.S. trade laws and trade agreements. The Carpenters Industrial Council, the Forest Landowners Association, the Intermountain Forest Association, along with the...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win chair Anna Burger issued the following statement about the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force today, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia: "The world is facing a historic opportunity to rebuild our global economy through investments in sustainable projects that will create new jobs, reduce our dependence on oil and protect our planet after decades of mismanagement. "Today's...
