How to ensure a better playing field for U.S. automobile and auto parts manufacturers. Earlier today, U.S. Representative Sander M. Levin (D-MI) gave a speech at The Peterson Institute to address Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations. Rep. Levin's speech included an auto proposal for the TPP...
Wall Street held itself a big fat profit party last week. The nation's six largest banks reported $23 billion in profits. That's for one quarter -- three months. Pop the Champagne. Buy another Lamborghini. Well, if you're a Wall Street banker, that is. Not if you're a college...
Judge Denies Temporary Restraining Order Demand Made By Attorneys for $3 Billion Corporate Bully (Chicago, IL) – Dignity Memorial’s attempt to silence the free speech of local picketers has been denied by the Circuit Court of Cook County. On July 19, SCI filed an Emergency Motion in Cook...
Official Statement of BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce CLEVELAND, July 19 — The following is the official statement from Dennis R. Pierce, National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen regarding the danger to public safety that one-train operations represent. “As the residents of...
Hoffa Cites Senate Compromise as Key to Quick Confirmation (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union applauds the Senate’s confirmation of Thomas Perez for Labor Secretary in a vote held today. Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa praised Senate Leader Harry Reid for pushing for the compromise with Republican...
Chicago Fire Department Chaplain Thomas Mulcrone and Area Clergy Ask Houston-based Funeral Giant to Negotiate with Local Funeral Directors (Chicago, IL) – Rev. Thomas Mulcrone, Chaplain of the Chicago Fire Department, Metropolitan Iakovos and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago and Bishop...
Praise Compromise That Allows Confirmation of Candidates for Labor, NLRB, CFPB Posts (WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today congratulated Senate Leader Harry Reid for forging a compromise that allows consideration of nominees for key administration posts. The Teamsters strongly supported Richard Cordray to head the...
The GOP must really love the character that Lucille Ball created in the 1950s show I Love Lucy. Just as her husband Desi Arnaz, a.k.a. Ricky Ricardo, believed, the party thinks women are empty-headed twits. Women are so vacuous, right-wingers figure, that they don't understand how Obamacare benefits...
A special invitation… Want Jobs? Here's How to Get Them. Join us for a discussion about what Congress and the President can do now to create sustainable American jobs (instead of wasting their time with partisan infighting and "fast fixes"). Tomorrow, The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) will release its authoritative, edited...
As the U.S. embarks on its fifth round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) talks with China, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) is pressing the Obama Administration to make concrete progress made on Beijing’s longstanding policy of currency manipulation. Currency manipulation, which is prohibited under international...