Please Note...
The day of our meetings has been changed
from the fourth Wednesday to the third Wednesday of the month...
Location is still the Elks
and time is still at 4:00 p.m.
Presidents Corner Comming Soon
Monthy Union Information
from Bob Guisti
The U.S. Senate approved a free trade pact with Oman on Thursday, overcoming Democrats' complaints that the Gulf Arab state has not done enough to improve workers rights.
Senators voted 60-34 in favor of the pact, which would boost U.S. economic ties with the Arab monarchy of about 3 million people that is a non-OPEC oil and natural-gas producer.
A key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives also voted 23-15 to approve the pact, with the panel's Democrats opposed. The party line vote sets the stage for a potentially tough battle in the full House next month.
Oman is next door to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose state-owned port company had to abandon plans to buy terminal operation rights at major U.S. ports earlier this year when that ignited a political firestorm.
Recently members of USW Local 1357 Safety Committee attended a 2 day safety conference in Newton, MA. The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow is a group that unites environmentalists, labor unions and civic groups together to push for a safer workplace and a better community.
Around the
Good paying jobs with decent benefits are
disappearing worldwide. In this global economy multinational corporations are playing workers against each other in a race to the
bottom.
SAPPI is no different. They are raising
healthcare costs, breaking promises to retirees, contracting out jobs, and
introducing a two-tier benefits program.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CONTRACT IN 3 YEARS
CALL THEIR
LET THEM KNOW THIS IS OUTRAGOUS
Pasco Dyani,
CEPPWAWU National President, traveled from
American workers have fewer rights than they think. And without a union
they have none!
For more information contact
Lynne Baker
USW Communications
615-831-6782
Just days after the USW Executive Board approved a huge new mobilization effort to win more co-sponsors for the Employee Free Choice Act as its top legislative priority, the USW helped recruit three more members of the U.S. House of Representatives to co-sponsor the act, bringing total House support for H.R. 1696 to 210. The Senate version of the bill, S. 842, has 42 co-sponsors. Among other provisions, the act would strengthen protections for workers’ freedom to form unions by requiring employers to recognize a union after a majority of workers signs cards authorizing representation.
Using its Rapid Response network to mobilize on the grassroots level and reach out to lawmakers in their home districts by dedicating the union’s legislative staff to congressional action, the USW is aiming for a possible vote on the bill this year. For more information on the Employee Free Choice Act, see http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/.
Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council
Please Note...
The day of our meetings has been changed
from the fourth Wednesday to the third Wednesday of the month.
Location is still the Elks
and time is still at 4:00 p.m.
The Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 scholarships.
United SteelWorkers of America Local 1357
43 Tower Drive, New Bedford MA 02740
Phone: (508) 991-7270, Fax: (508) 997-5201
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