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May 1, 2008
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Unions Plan Permanent Workers Memorial
SILVER SPRING, MD. (PAI)— One day soon, the late Larry Bevis, an American Federation of Teachers member from Birmingham, Ala., will be remembered forever. That’s because Bevis’ name, thanks to his union, will be one the first to be inscribed in the brickwork of the permanent Workers Memorial to be erected on the grounds of the National Labor College/George Meany Center in Silver Spring, Md.
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Senate GOP Blocks Fair Pay Bill
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Again turning their backs on workers, Senate Republicans mustered enough votes to defeat pro-labor legislation on April 23. In this case, it was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It garnered a 56-42 majority, but needed 60 votes to halt the talkathon. The House passed the bill earlier. The Senate may have killed it.
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Unions Warn Lawmakers Against Northwest-Delta Merger
WASHINGTON (PAI)—The proposed mega-merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines, with Delta as the survivor, would harm workers, threaten their unions and could cost jobs and pay, two top union leaders warned.
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Senate Passes Genetic Discrimination Ban
WASHINGTON (PAI)—By unanimous vote of 95-0, the Senate April 24 voted to ban firms--and particularly health insurance companies--from using genetics to discriminate against workers and policyholders
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Job Safety Report Reveals 5,840 Deaths; Congress Probes OSHA’s Non-Enforcement
WASHINGTON (PAI)—On the eve of Workers Memorial Day, April 28, the AFL-CIO’s annual job safety report revealed 5,840 deaths on the job in 2006. And ten times that many workers died from job-related illnesses then, the last year for which data are available. It also hit the anti-worker GOP Bush regime’s lack of job safety enforcement.
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