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Alliance for American Manufacturing’s #AAMeter Shows U.S. at + 30,000 Jobs Toward President Obama’s Second Term Goal of 1 Million New Manufacturing Jobs. Manufacturing sector Loses 3,000 jobs in March.

The latest monthly U.S. jobs report shows America's manufacturing sector lost 3,000 jobs in March, 2013, a setback in the path of 21,087 factory jobs that need to be gained each month in order to meet the president's goal. Commented Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM): "Manufacturing...

05 April, 2013

April 8: Free Town Hall in Buffalo

April 8: Free Town Hall in Buffalo (How to spur manufacturing growth in Western New York) FREE DINNER TO BE SERVED. Are you concerned about U.S. manufacturing jobs moving overseas? Do you believe that manufacturing is important for America's future? Please join the Alliance for American Manufacturing...

05 April, 2013

TEAMSTERS AT REPUBLIC SERVICES/ALLIED WASTE EXTEND PICKET LINES TO CALIFORNIA

Ohio Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line To California On Anniversary of MLK Assassination (FREMONT, Calif.) – Workers on strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste extended picket lines to five Northern California locations today, on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin...

05 April, 2013

TEAMSTERS AT REPUBLIC SERVICES EXTEND PICKET LINES TO ELYRIA, OHIO

Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line; Teamsters In Elyria Refuse To Cross (Elyria, Ohio) – Sanitation workers employed at Republic Services/Allied Waste’s [NYSE: RSG] Carbon Limestone landfill traveled from Youngstown, Ohio to raise a picket line extension at Republic’s Elyria, Ohio...

01 April, 2013

COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOR COALITION APPLAUD MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR LEGAL ACTION AGAINST REPUBLIC SERVICES

Residents’ and Workers’ Health and Safety Must Be Protected; Cost of Dealing with Effects of Bridgeton Landfill Fire, Radioactive Wastes and Remediation Should Not Fall on Missouri Taxpayers (St. Louis, MO) – Teamsters Joint Council 13 in St. Louis, Missouri Jobs with Justice and Missouri Coalition...

28 March, 2013

TEAMSTERS STRIKE AT REPUBLIC SERVICES/ALLIED WASTE IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

Sanitation Workers Go On Unfair Labor Practice Strike; Co-Workers in Evansville, Ind. and Urbana, Ill. Refuse To Work In Show of Support (Youngstown, Ohio) – Sanitation workers employed by Republic Services/Allied Waste [NYSE: RSG] went on strike in Ohio last night to protest the company’s violations...

28 March, 2013

TEAMSTERS TAKE DEMANDS FOR U.S. WORKERS’ RIGHTS TO NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP HEADQUARTERS

U.S. School Bus Workers Join UK Trade Unionists (BIRMINGHAM, England) – Teamster school bus drivers who work at National Express Group PLC (NEX: LN) rallied with British members of Unite the Union outside the company’s headquarters today, demanding the multinational transport company honor the human rights...

27 March, 2013

Five years of Made in America: What’s Next?

The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) is proud to announce the release of its new five-year progress report. Not your typical Washington white paper, our new report highlights the sea change that has taken place in national politics during AAM's first five years, with manufacturing now...

27 March, 2013

Bank on Being Bilked

t's hard to believe considering what happened in 2008 on Wall Street and in Washington, but banking is built on trust. A worker hands his hard-earned dollars to a teller and trusts the money will be deposited and available for withdrawal when needed. Despite the crash...

25 March, 2013

TEAMSTERS TO REPUBLIC SERVICES: ‘YOUR ABUSE OF COMMUNITIES AND WORKERS STINKS’

Municipal Public Works Managers, State Regulators Told Of Republic-Initiated Lockouts And Service Disruptions (CHICAGO)  – At the national Residential Recycling Conference today, the Teamsters Union protested against Republic Services Inc., bringing attention to the company’s appalling treatment of communities, workers and the environment. The conference, attended by...

22 March, 2013