News and Views
John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO and the AFL-CIO Executive Council will Consider the CWA Resolution to Radically Reform the H-1B Visa Program - 2/14/03
The AFL-CIO Executive Council will meet in Florida on February 23, 2003. They will consider the attached CWA Resolution to Eliminate H-1B Visa abuses by corporate America. Workers ...
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Top Elected Officers of Chicago Area Unions Oppose War in Iraq! - 2/14/03
Chicago union Leaders oppose President Bush's Rush to War in Iraq. The attachment is a Pdf File that contains a press release from our 2/13/03 press conference and list of Local Pr...
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The U. S. Department of Labor Foreign Labor Certification Program Mission Statement is a LIE! - 2/7/03
Only Congress can correct this injustice! Contact your Congressman and Senator NOW! This is an external link to an email that contains much information on employer abuse of the H-1...
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Labor Will March Against the War! Saturday, February 15, 2003 in NYC From First Avenue & 49th Street @ Noon - 2/7/03
Download a labor poster pdf file (211kb). United For Peace at www.unitedforpeace.org phone (646) 473 - 8935....
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Learn How The H-1B Visa Program is Costing American Jobs and Undercutting Your Wages - 2/5/03
This is a link to an external site that has excellent information and latest updates on the H-1B Visa Program....
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The WAR on IRAQ, Explainified by DUBYA! - 2/5/03
This external link uses satire to explain the real reason for Bush's WAR in IRAQ!...
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Chicago Labor Leaders Opposed to Bush's Plan to Rush to War in Iraq! - 2/5/03
As we know only too well, the Bush Administration has been pushing a legislative agenda to cripple health care and social security, more generous tax cuts for the rich, major curta...
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AT$T CEO Dorman Refuses to Offer any Assurances of a Long Term FUTURE for AT$T to CWA President Morty Bahr - 2/3/03
The file is in Microsoft Word format (15.5kb) and contains a letter from CWA C&T Vice President Ralph Maly to AT$T Vice President Christopher W. O'Flinn dated January 23, 2003....
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Has Corporate America Kept Their Promise To Retirees? Pension Funding Gap Estimated to be $300 BILLION! -1/25/03
Although the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (P.B.G.C.) is a government agency, its work is financed entirely by companies, not general tax revenues. This is an external link...
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Congress to Begin an Immediate Investigation of Corporate America's Offshoring of USA Workers' Jobs! - 1/25/03
This is an external link to e-mail your Congressman and Senator. It literally takes just a few minutes to complete and pass on to family and friends....
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