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UFCW
Weekender
Following
is a brief roundup of important articles and information for
your weekend reading:
- Hundreds Of Union Members To March In
56th Inaugural Parade
For the first time in living memory, members of America’s labor movement have
been asked to march in the official Inaugural Parade.
Representing America’s workers will be 265 union members
from the UFCW and other labor unions, along with a
17-by-24 foot float built entirely by union workers. The float
will feature the “faces of labor” — a tribute
every hard-working man and woman who gets up every day and goes
to work.
- Price Rite Worker Speaks Out on the Need for
Employee Free Choice
On
Tuesday, PriceRite worker Joe Sorrentino spoke out about
the need for Employee Free Choice at a press briefing held at
the National Press Club. Representatives from the UFCW, as well
as the nation’s top workers’ rights groups, labor
experts, and progressive leaders laid out the case for passage
of the Employee Free Choice
Act.
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A Voice at Work in
Utah
Hyrum, Utah -This past
November, more than 1,000 workers at the JBS/Swift plant in
Hyrum, Utah voted overwhelmingly to join with their brothers and
sisters in UFCW Local 711, and stand together for a voice at
work. This Tuesday, they got their first experience of what
exactly that means, as they sat down with management to
negotiate a first contract.
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Passage of US Employee Free Choice Act
is Key to Global Organizing
UNI Global Union -
“For too long, the US has led the race to the bottom on
labour rights,” said UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings
at a meeting on Tuesday with leaders of US unions affiliated to
both Change to Win and the AFL-CIO.
“Passing [the Employee Free Choice
Act] would be a major victory for US workers and, in the midst
of this global recession, it is more important than
ever.”
- This Miracle Brought to You by America's Labor
Unions
Emptywheel.com - They're calling it a miracle--the successful
landing of a US Airways jet in the Hudson and subsequent rescue
of all 155 passengers. They're detailing the heroism of all
involved, starting with the pilot and including cabin crew,
ferry crews, and first responders. What they're not telling you
is that just about every single one of these heros is a union
member.
This Week's
Video
In support of the Employee Free
Choice Act, American Rights at Work has rolled out
two awesome new TV ads. They’ll be airing on stations
across the country.
To watch the videos, go to: http://www.changetowin.org/connect/2009/01/taking_to_the_airwaves_for_emp.html
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