Wage and Hour Violations Found at Florida State Prison (TAMPA, Fla.) – The U.S. Department of Labor is overseeing the award of a $603,237 settlement to current and retired employees of the State Prison Facility in Raiford after finding that more than 700 corrections officers were...
Manufacturing sheds 8,000 jobs in May 2013; 21,000 factory jobs lost in past three months. #AAMeter Plummets; President Obama's Second Term Goal of 1 Million New Manufacturing Jobs Growing More Elusive. The latest monthly U.S. jobs report shows America's manufacturing sector lost 8,000 jobs in May 2013, a setback in the effort...
COALITION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMMENDS TSA FOR KEEPING KNIVES OFF PASSENGER PLANES WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 90,000-strong Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions today celebrated the success of its campaign to keep knives off planes and commended the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for holding the line against...
Today, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) praised U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Burr (R-NC), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Robert Casey (D-PA) for their original co-sponsorship of the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight...
The latest monthly U.S. trade figures were released this morning by the U.S. Department of Commerce: In April, the overall U.S. international goods and services deficit rose to $40.3 billion, up from $37.1 billion in March (revised). The monthly U.S. goods deficit with China climbed to $24.1 billion in April, up from...
Ask for Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc from D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (WASHINGTON, DC) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today asked for a rehearing on its challenge to the Department of Transportation’s cross-border trucking program. Last month the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....
Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Unveils Letter to President Obama Urging Hard Line in Meetings This Week with Chinese President Xi Regarding National Security, Currency, and Forced Technology Transfer. Obama and Romney Talked Tough on China During the Presidential Campaign. Last fall’s presidential campaign saw President Obama and Republican...
Marcus Hedger was wrongly fired. That's what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined. Despite that, Mr. Hedger lost his Antioch, Ill., home. His case got mired in allegations that the board that heard it was illegitimate. Similarly, West Virginia's Cannelton miners wrongly lost their jobs. The NLRB said...
Mechanics and Related Workers Seek Strong Union Representation, Job Security and Respect from Management (WASHINGTON, DC) – American Airlines mechanics and related workers filed for an election today with the National Mediation Board (NMB) as part of a months-long effort to become Teamsters. The petition for an...
Although Gap, the world's third largest apparel company, used that Avett Brothers song in commercials last fall, the corporation does not believe we're really the same. By refusing to join other clothing retailers in a binding agreement to protect Bangladeshi workers, more than 1,200 of whom have died...