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David Olson, first UW Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies, passed away at age 71

David Olson, first UW Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies, passed away at age 71

by admin | Dec 14, 2012 | Allies, December 2012

University of Washington Professor David Olson passed away on September 15th at the age of 71. He was the first person to hold the position of Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies from 1992-1994. David’s interpersonal skills, integrity, commitment to the working...
Chairwoman, former Rite Aid CEO, Mary Sampson, profiled on ‘Executive PayWatch’

Chairwoman, former Rite Aid CEO, Mary Sampson, profiled on ‘Executive PayWatch’

by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | Allies

Mary F. Sammons, Chairwoman & Former Chief Executive Officer of Rite Aid, was profiled on the AFL-CIO’s Executive PayWatch site, a website dedicated to exposing the outrageous compensation given to CEO’s while workers’ wages  decline and...

Thousands retake Madison capitol building in protest of vote to strip workers’ rights

by admin | Mar 10, 2011 | Allies

Shortly after 8 pm last night, police ceded control of the Wisconsin capitol building to thousands of protesters who assembled as word spread about a hastily called vote on the unpopular bill to strip workers of collective bargaining rights. The vote was an attempt to...

USW leader arrested in Mexico for supporting Sonora miners

by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Allies, Solidarity

Manny Armenta, a sub-district director for the United Steelworkers (USW) in Albuquerque, NM, was arrested on January 24, while on his way to meet with attorneys for the Mexican mineworkers’ union, Los Mineros.  The USW has been supporting the mineworkers who...

Rampant misclassification of truck drivers leading to poverty wages, safety violations, air pollution in ports, new study says

by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Allies

A recent study of the U.S. port trucking industry finds that the nation’s 110,000 port truck drivers, who move millions of cargo containers annually from port cities to store shelves across the country, are highly vulnerable to illegal employment classification...
ILWU challenges Arizona immigration law

ILWU challenges Arizona immigration law

by admin | Jun 25, 2010 | Allies, Helping Our Community, June 2010 Dispatcher, Political Action

The ILWU is challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law that empowers police to detain anyone they suspect of being in the country without authorization. The law also gives police the right to demand proof of legal residency and creates a new crime for...
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