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Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 8:41 pm
Wednesday night labor links
-Bummer: Bonior not interested in being Secretary of Labor.
-Tomorrow: Labor leaders plan campaign to press Obama on their priorities:
-International: Trade union leaders from G-20 countries plan meeting on reversing the spiraling global economy.
-Tomorrow: Labor leaders plan campaign to press Obama on their priorities:
The meeting tomorrow morning at AFL-CIO headquarters will provide a glimpse into labor's hopes for the new order in D.C., at a time when a labor resurgence is looking like a real possibility. The big unions played a major role in delivering white union and non-union workers to Barack Obama in the battleground states, and will be expecting a seat at the table next year.The measure, which would give workers the right to join a union as soon as a majority of employees at a workplace say they want to, went down to defeat in 2007 and is likely to provoke huge opposition from business groups again this time around...
The measure, which would give workers the right to join a union as soon as a majority of employees at a workplace say they want to, went down to defeat in 2007 and is likely to provoke huge opposition from business groups again this time around.
-International: Trade union leaders from G-20 countries plan meeting on reversing the spiraling global economy.
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Now that Hillary Clinton’s name has been intentionally floated as the potential Secretary of State, let’s consider an absolutely vital candidate to head the Department of Labor.
Hows about John Edwards??
That is bad news and I wonder who is in the running now. During Edwards’ campaign, Bonior was well respected and would have been a good ally. Makes me wonder why he would turn down the job.
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