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Vol. 93 Issue 9 “A Voice for Working Kansans since 1919” July 2011
IAM Charges GOP Senator
with Ethics Violations in Boeing Case www.GoIAM.org
Posted By James Parks, AFL-CIO Blog
During the height of the Wiscon-
sin protests against Gov. Walker’s
attacks on workers’ rights, chants
of “the people, united, will never
be defeated” pulsated through the
Wisconsin State House. The shak-
ing walls could be heard not just
inside the Capitol, but for quite
a distance outside. And thanks
to the power of the Internet, they
could be heard around the world.
When we see attacks like auto-
workers being blamed for the auto
crisis, teachers blamed for the
teaching crisis, and public work-
-
tured ones that could be resolved
by simply making the rich pay
their fair share in taxes)—you can
bet that the same corporate forces
that have tried to divide and con-
Hate Speak: Pitting Worker Against Worker, So We Don’t Fight Together
Posted by Manny Herrman, AFL-CIO Blog
quer workers for generations are
behind them.
How can we overcome divisions
in the labor movement—and the
broader collective movement—to
show soli-
darity?
This
Friday,
AFL-CIO
Media
Relations
Director
Alison
Omens moderated a session
with Josh Dorner, Communica-
tions Director for Progressive
Media at the Center for Ameri-
can Progress, Susan Madrak
of Suburban Guerilla and many
mcjoan) from Daily Kos, Marcy
Firedoglake and John Aravosis of
AMERICAblog.
They gave us their take on how all
of us can work to counter ongoing
attacks against working people. It
starts with building real solidarity
that cuts across
class lines and
-
sions that pit
one group of
workers against
another. And
it also requires
rejecting both right-wing attacks
and, for some of us, confronting
our own internal feelings of class
identity.
Take the New York City snow
plow drivers who were accused
of deliberately sabotaging snow
removal efforts to smear public
workers in the mainstream media,
only to be vindicated later. Labor
and progressive bloggers—and
all of us—need to work to beat
back this kind of right-wing smear
attack. “Nobody talks about get-
ting up in the middle of the night,
plowing snow—and what reality
is like,” noted Joan McCarter.
“Instead, [snow plow drivers] are
reduced to caricatures. There is a
certain amount of demonization.”
Stopping the demonization of
workers starts with recognizing
that anyone who has a job—no
matter what that job is—deserves
from other people. And it requires
ongoing attention, solidarity and
coverage—from bloggers, and
from all of us.
WORKERS
DESERVE
BENEFITS,
RESPECT
Boeing to cut 225 positions;
company’s goal to “reduce cost
and improve productivity”
The Wichita Eagle reported on June 15 in an article by Jerry
Siebenmark that Boeing must cut employee jobs thru layoffs,
job transfers, and retirements.
According to the article, a lag in maintenance work and a need
to reduce cost and improve productivity are to blame for the
elimination of jobs.
In a separate article published mid June by The Associated
Press, Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic
Research gave Kansas’ manufacturing climate an A grade. The
state received lows marks for logistics, human capital, global
reach, tax climate, and venture capital.
Unemployment
Rates by State:
Kansas
Source: U.S.
Bureau of
Labor Statis-
tics. Data are
seasonally
adjusted.
CBR Data
Center
T
he International As-
sociation of Machin-
ists and Aerospace
-
day released a letter
sent to the Senate Select Com-
mittee on Ethics calling for an
investigation into South Carolina
Republican Sen. Lindsey Gra-
ham’s conduct and statements
regarding the National Labor
-
ing complaint against the Boeing
Company.
The IAM letter cites poten-
tially unethical efforts by Sen.
Graham and others to pressure
NLRB Acting General Counsel
Lafe Solomon to drop the law
enforcement proceeding against
Boeing.
“I believe that prior to the issu-
ance of the Boeing complaint
on April 20th, Senator Lindsey
Graham communicated with
NLRB Acting General Counsel
Lafe Solomon in one or more
attempts to pressure him not
to do so,” said IAM General
Counsel Chris Corson. “I also
believe that these communica-
tions included threats that the
Senator would seek to defund or
otherwise adversely affect the
funding of the NLRB if the Boe-
ing complaint were pursued.”
The IAM letter also cites a letter
from Sen. Graham to Presi-
dent Obama, in which Graham
declares he will pursue sanctions
against Solomon and the NLRB
even if it turns out that the
NLRB’s law enforcement action
against Boeing is upheld.
“I don’t believe that a Senator
or any other politician should
be trying to interfere with and
prevent a law enforcement trial,”
said Corson, who cited possible
violation of Senate Rule 43.
“Americans expect law enforce-
ment to be there for them when
they are victimized by discrimi-
nation or other unlawful behav-
ior. When politicians intervene
on behalf of a rich businessman
or corporation in order to stop
law enforcement from doing its
job, our Constitution and rule of
law are put in jeopardy.”
The IAM represents more than
25,000 Boeing workers and is
among the largest industrial
trade unions in North America,
with nearly 700,000 active and
retired members in dozens of
industries.
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T
he Fire Fighters,
long known for their
bipartisan impact on
Capitol Hill, have be-
come the second big
union to decide their campaign
give money to federal candidates,
at least for now.
They may not be the last.
The decision, by the union’s board
just over a month ago, was needed
and elsewhere, have moved to the
forefront of the union’s political
agenda, IAFF President Harold
Schaitberger explained.
“We know we have legislative
elections that will require us to
be on the offensive at the state
and local level through this fall. I
expect this strategic decision to
focus our resources
on state and local ef-
forts to last as long as
the political and leg-
states continue,” he
said. The union has
-
ing anti-worker legislation in Wis-
consin, Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma,
Michigan, Nebraska, Alabama,
Tennessee and New Hampshire,
have,” IAFF’s board said.
“The attacks launched at our
members since the November
2010 elections have changed the
landscape. Extreme Right-Wing
conservative and so-called Tea
Party politicians are coming after
Fire Fighters, paramedics and all
public workers with a vengeance
across the United States, so it’s
time to focus our efforts on the
states,” Schaitberger said.
“Now more than ever, as our
adversaries speak and act with a
concerted, focused message, we
need our friends to respond with
similar strength and leadership
to beat back the multi-faceted,
well-organized assaults the right
has launched at us – funded by
anti-labor extremists. While we
our friends aren’t doing enough
backs,” Schaitberger said.
ACTION ALERT
Fire Fighters to Stop Giving to Federal Candidates
Posted by Mark Gruenberg, PAI Staff Writer - International Labor Communications Association
The latest actions from the House
GOP strengthen Schaitberger’s
case: The Republican-run Ap-
propriations Committee plans
to slash federal grants for Fire
Fighter safety and emergency
responder training – including
training in responding to terror-
ists – from $800 million this year
to $350 million in the year start-
ing Oct. 1.
IAFF’s decision followed in the
footsteps of the Sheet Metal
Workers. The difference is that
IAFF will concentrate on fund-
ing state and local races, instead.
SMWIA decided to concentrate
its political funds on issues, such
as health care and the Employee
Free Choice Act, Government
Affairs Director Vincent Panvini
has said.
One IAFF aide asked, after AFL-
CIO President Richard Trumka’s
recent comments on changes in
labor’s political giving, “Does that
mean the Republicans who de-
referring to state lawmakers who
opposed the GOP’s anti-union
bills there.
SMWIA’s and IAFF’s decisions
also are in line with recent com-
ments by Trumka and AFSCME
President Gerald McEntee,
chair of the federation’s politi-
cal committee. Challenged after
his speech about whether labor
would walk away from Democrats
who do not consistently support
workers, Trumka shot back: “Ask
Blanche Lincoln.”
The former Arkansas Demo-
cratic senator almost lost her 2010
primary to Democratic Lieut.
Gov. Bill Halter. Labor – which
is very small in Arkansas –
strongly supported Halter due to
Lincoln’s anti-worker votes and
opposition to the Employee Free
Choice Act, labor’s top legislative
priority. Lincoln barely won the
runoff. She then got clobbered by
Republican John Boozman in the
increasingly red state in Novem-
ber.
McEntee told his union’s leg-
islative conference earlier this
year that Sen. Claire McCaskill,
D-Mo., who faces a tough re-
election race next year, irked AF-
SCME by co-authoring legislation
– with a Tennessee Republican
– to cap federal spending at 20.6%
of gross domestic product, regard-
less of economic conditions.
That could hamper vital services,
McEntee said. But Missouri
sources dismissed his comment.
If other unions follow the lead of
IAFF and SMWIA – and Trumka
warned that politicians who stay
neutral in the national Right Wing
campaign would lose support
-- the impact on giving to Demo-
cratic congressional candidates
would be substantial.
Data compiled by the Center
for Responsive Politics showed
nine union campaign
including those of
IAFF and AFSCME,
were among the top
20 donors to congres-
sional candidates in
the 2009-2010 election
cycle. Overall, union campaign
than 90% of their dollars to
Democrats.
IAFF’s FIREPAC – which, like
other campaign committees, de-
pends on voluntary contributions
-- was 9th in the list, with $2.34
million in the last campaign cycle,
the center reported. And 82%
went to congressional Democrats.
committee was 13th, with $2.314
million, and 99% of that went to
Democrats.
committees in the top 20 donors
-
-- $2.176 million) and the Labor-
donated to Democratic candi-
dates by at least 8-to-1 margins.
top 20, with $2.007 million, and it
backed Democratic congressional
candidates by a 98%-2% margin.
“Overall, union campaign finance
committees sent more than 90% of
their dollars to Democrats.”
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PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LU441
Richard L. Taylor, Business Manager
and Financial Secretary-Treasurer
Locally
Some good news to report is the approval to go forward with the construction of the new airport ter-
minal in Wichita. This is a project that has been on the books since 2003 and is way over due. It is the
type of project that is badly needed by all the Building Trades in and around the Wichita area. There
are also some other nice projects scheduled to come out over the next few months. The past three year’s
economy has been devastating to many of our members. Jobs are the only remedy. The bad side is these
projects coming up will not get started overnight. It will still take some time for the projects to get to the
the right direction.
We have recently added golf shirts and camp shirts to our stock and also stainless steel pocket knives
with Kansas Local 441 engraved on them. And as always, don’t forget Local 441 golf balls, t-shirts
Deaths
were no deaths since the last report.
Political
This has been a tough year for working families across the country with all the political attacks aimed at
the middle class. Elections will come around again. Let’s not forget!
It is important that we promote candidates that will support us in the pursuit of jobs for our member-
ship. That obviously is our number one priority. Thank you to all Local 441 members for your support
both through your participation in the PAC fund and your involvement and support with various political
groups.
Meetings
Local Union 441 meetings are being conducted on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the
Union Hall located at 1330 East First Street in Wichita. If other meetings are scheduled, you will be duly
NOTE: Please take the opportunity to attend Union meetings in your area. The teleconference system is
working well and has much better sound and video quality than in the past. The good news is that it is be-
Richard Taylor
At the Rail
Column by Martin Hawver 6/20/11
Now, it’s hard to say just who ought to have
a condition of employment.
Not sure that it should include, say, roofers, or maybe those people at
the drive-up window of a donut store, or reporters.
Should it include schoolteachers?
Hmmm…
The State Board of Education last week decided that it shouldn’t include
schoolteachers. Tough decision.
Figure that more than 99 percent of all schoolteachers are just that:
They teach our kids, don’t get into trouble and really, there’s not a lot of
were found at a crime scene or such they can rule in or out the teacher.
-
involving children. Or…that somewhere out there in Kansas is a school-
teacher who has moved to Kansas because in some other state he/she
was convicted of some sort of crime, and that we don’t want spending
the day with Kansas schoolchildren.
This whole thing gets more complicated. The state board heard
last week that somewhere out in Kansas, there are teachers who are
suspects in crimes—possibly involving children—and there are four
school superintendents who haven’t reported that to the state board.
suspects in those crimes involving children are teachers.
Now, let’s not forget due process. That means you aren’t a criminal until
you are convicted of the crime. Until that time, well, you’re just a sus-
pect and nothing more. So do we need to know who’s a suspect? Ought
those suspects be suspended, or at least given other jobs to do until
But there’s more spinning around the issue. Teachers? What about caf-
eteria workers, or bus drivers or school maintenance staff? Where does
it start and where does it end?
And, if the person is someone that the district wants teaching or as-
Doesn’t that seem almost like due diligence on behalf of the employer?
Maybe the next step after a hiring decision has been made and the
school district is ready to make a formal job offer?
Or…is it something that a potential employee can offer up during the
interview process, like offering to be the coach of the debate or chess
team? An indication that he/she really wants the job?
It seemed easy at the board meeting for some members to say yes to the
Wouldn’t it be nice to know what’s right and what’s wrong and who, if
Yes, that would be nice.
Syndicated by Hawver News Company LLC of Topeka; Martin Hawver is
publisher of Hawver’s Capitol Report—to learn more about this statewide
nonpartisan political news service, visit the website at www.hawvernews.com
SPEAK OUT
COURT RULING
WI Supreme Court Rules;
Collective Bargaining Can Be Gutted
By Tula Connell, AFC-CIO Blog
According to WisPolitics.com, the
Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3
decision, threw out a lower court
ruling invalidating the collec-
tive bargaining law passed by the
Republican-led Legislature and
The decision had not yet been
posted at the court’s site by late
this afternoon. But a posting at
the court’s site for the appeal
described an order in which Dane
County Judge Maryann Sumi’s
orders in the case are vacated and
declared void.
“The court has ruled Walker and
the legislature can do whatever
they want, however they want,
with no regard for the rule of law.”
The brief description on the court
site said the court concluded
the Legislature did not violate
a provision in the Wisconsin
Constitution that the doors of each
house shall be open except when
public welfare requires secrecy.
During oral arguments last week,
there were a series of questions
about public access to a confer-
ence committee meeting in which
lawmakers took up the legislation.
That meeting was the basis of the
open meetings violation Sumi
found in invalidating the law.
In her dissent, Justice Abraham-
son says it is ridiculous the court
would decide to take the case
and decide it on the same day. A
reasoned decision is the corner-
stone of democracy, and the court
simply didn’t take the time to
address all the substantive matters
of the case.
In short, the court has ruled
Walker and the legislature can do
whatever they want, however they
want, with no regard for the rule
of law.

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to Support H.R. 1351
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T
he APWU, along
with dozens
of key mailing
industry groups
and labor unions,
urged U.S. representatives
to support crucial legislation
viability to the Postal Ser-
vice.
“We urge you to act now to
free the Postal Service of the
unnecessary and unsustain-
able statutory requirement
that has destabilized the
poses an immediate and seri-
ous threat to the U.S. econo-
my,” the organizations wrote
in a June 14 letter that was
sent to every member of the
House of Representatives.
The letter urged members
of Congress to support H.R.
1351, a measure introduced
MA) on April 4 that would
correct the overfunding of
the Postal Service’s pension
accounts, and would allow
the agency to use any sur-
plus to meet its retiree health
-
tion.
“The crisis is immediate be-
cause the USPS will run out
of funds by the end of the
summer,” the letter states.
“Since 2006, the Postal Ac-
countability and Enhance-
has required it to pay rough-
ly $5.5 billion each year to
pre-fund future retiree health
workers that have not even
been hired yet.
“The Postal Service can no
longer bear this burden,” the
organizations wrote.
The letter points out to
lawmakers that the effects
of a crippled Postal Service
would be dire. “The USPS
stands alone in offering
affordable and accessible,
universal service to 150 mil-
lion homes, and thousands of
communities and businesses
six days a week. “It is at the
heart of a $1.3 trillion mail-
ing industry that employs
over 9 million workers.
“It is the linchpin in market-
ing and distribution systems
through which businesses
large and small can advertise
services and distribute prod-
ucts,” the letter said.
The organizations noted
that independent of this
pre-funding requirement,
the USPS has done its job
to remain solvent, shedding
more than 110,000 jobs since
2007 and making numerous
closings of facilities and op-
erations — but legislation is
needed to ensure the Postal
Service remains viable in the
future.
“H.R. 1351 would allow
sound business decisions to
be made in a clear and stable
environment while provid-
ing Congress and the postal
community the time to de-
velop a consensus on further
reform,” the letter said.
“The Postal Service provides
a vital service that is impor-
tant to the nation’s economic
recovery,” the letter stated.
“As a business and a pub-
lic service mandated in the
Constitution, a healthy USPS
remains vital to your com-
munity and the Nation.”
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Trends in CEO Pay
Posted by AFC-CIO Executive PayWatch
2010 was another good year to make lots of money—if you were a CEO. CEOs of the largest companies
received, on average, $11.4 million in total compensation last year, according to the AFL-CIO analysis of 299
companies in the S&P 500 Index. Overall, CEOs of the 299 companies in the AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch
database received a combined total of $3.4 billion in pay in 2010, enough to support 102,325 jobs paying the
median wages for all workers.
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in 2010.
Are these CEOs being paid to expand their companies, grow the real economy and create good-paying jobs?
Apparently not. According to the Federal Reserve, U.S. corporations held a record $1.93 trillion in cash on
their balance sheets. A lack of business investment is one reason that more than 14 million Americans remain
unemployed.
During the past decade, CEOs of the largest American companies received more in compensation than ever
before in U.S. history. They supposedly deserved this money for increasing stock prices. Did they? On Dec.
31, 2010, the S&P 500 Index closed 19 percent below its high on March 24, 2000.
Over the past decade, shareholders—including workers—lost trillions of dollars in retirement savings
through the collapse of the Internet stock bubble and the corporate accounting scandals at Enron and other
companies. More recently, shareholders have suffered further declines from the bursting of the real estate
While CEO pay is still out of control on Wall Street and in the rest of Corporate America, shareholders now
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that President Obama signed in July 2010.
Starting in 2011, shareholders of publicly traded companies are required to be given a say-on-pay vote on
executive compensation. Although these votes are not binding, they will encourage boards of directors to
reform their companies’ executive compensation. No CEO wants to suffer the embarrassment of shareholders
voting against their pay.
ups, golden parachutes, corporate jet travel, preferential pensions and perquisites unrelated to performance
are now under the microscope. Compensation is becoming more long-term and linked to measurable perfor-
mance.
The Wall Street Reform Act also provides other protections for investors. Board of Directors’ compensation
committees now must consist entirely of independent directors. Financial companies must ensure that their
incentive pay plans do not create excessive risk.
But CEOs are pushing back. They particularly dislike the requirement that companies disclose to investors
the pay disparity between the CEO and the typical worker. Congress required disclosure of this information
because investors are concerned about growing CEO pay and its impact on pay disparities within companies.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2009 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, national cross-
industry estimate of median annual compensation for all occupations.
THE ENVIRONMENT
How To ‘Go Green’
Posted by unionsmart.org
According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, the world population is
expanding at a mind-boggling
rate. The world reached 1 billion
people in 1800; 2 billion by 1922;
and over 6 billion by 2000. It is
estimated that the population will
swell to over 9 billion by 2050.
That means that if the world’s
natural resources were evenly dis-
tributed, people in 2050 will only
have 25% of the resources per
capita that people in 1950 had.
natural resources - some of which
are already depleted. So as popu-
lation growth greatly strains our
resources available. If we intend
to leave our children and grand-
children with the same standard of
living we have enjoyed, we must
preserve the foundation of that
standard of living. We save for
college educations, orthodontia,
and weddings, but what about sav-
ing clean air, water, fuel sources
and soil for future generations?
Some of the greatest threats to
future resources come from things
we throw away everyday. House-
hold batteries and electronics of-
ten contain dangerous chemicals
leak through the bottom barrier
and pollute the groundwater. This
can contaminate everything from
the soil in which our food grows,
to the water which will eventually
come out of aquifers and into our
tap water. Many of these chemi-
cals cannot be removed from the
drinking water supply, nor from
the crops that are harvested from
human health are tremendous.
Did you know...
recycled, the following is saved:
7,000 gallons of water; 380 gal-
lons of oil; and enough electricity
to power an average house for six
months.
on the amount of electricity that is
saved by recycling one aluminum
can.
you save enough electricity to
power a 100-watt bulb for four
hours.
Throwing away items that could
be recycled diminishes energy,
water and natural resources that
could be saved by recycling.
The more we throw away, the
more space we take up in land-
“landfull”, taxpayers have to build
a new one. The less we throw
will last. The amount of taxpayer
money we save by extending the

7. The PlainDealer — 7July 2011
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Local Union Bulletin Board
Thursday, July 7
Operating Engineers LU101— Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
Saturday, July 9
Machinists Local 2328— E-Board Meeting, 9 a.m., 2055 S. Ohio, Salina
Regular Meeting, 10 a.m., 2055 S. Ohio, Salina
Machinists Local 834 & 839— Regular Meeting, 10 a.m., 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
Machinists Local 639— E-Board, 8 a.m., Regular Meeting, 9 a.m., Wichita
Monday, July 11
227 S. Pattie, Wichita
USW Local 01350— Regular Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Union Hall
427 N. Main, Hutchinson, 67501
SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001— Membership Recruitment / Organizing Committee
973 S. Glendale, Wichita
Tuesday, July 12
Machinists Local 708— Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
CWA Local 6402— E-Board, 5:30 p.m., 530 E. Harry, Wichita
Stewards, 7 p.m., 530 E. Harry, Wichita
APWU Local 735— Regular Meeting, 7:30 p.m, 6920 W. Pueblo, Wichita
Wednesday, July 13
IBEW Local 1523— Regular Meeting, 5:30 p.m., 530 E. Harry, Wichita
Machinists Local 1989— E-Board, 3:40 p.m., Regular meeting, 3:50 p.m.
2005 Kansas Ave., Great Bend, 67530
LU 441 Retirees— Breakfast, 9 a.m., Spears, 4323 W. Maple
APWU Local 735— Regular Meeting, 8 a.m., 6920 W. Pueblo, Wichita
Thursday, July 14
SPEEA— Midwest Council Meeting, 973 S. Glendale, Wichita
Wichita Area Union Label— E-board, 6:30 p.m.; Regular Meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 16
Machinists LL733— E-Board at 12:30 p.m.; Regular Meeting at 2 p.m.
(because of July 4th holiday)
Monday, July 18
SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001— Membership Recruitment / Organizing Committee,
4:30 p.m., 973 S. Glendale, Wichita
SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001— L&PA, 4:30 p.m. at SPEEA Hall, 973 S. Glendale
Glaziers Local 558— 5 p.m., 1330 E. 1st St., Wichita, KS
Tuesday, July 19
CWA Local 6402— Membership Meeting, 6:30 p.m., 530 E. Harry, Wichita
Wednesday, July 20
SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001— Governing Documents Committee, 5 p.m.,
973 S. Glendale, Wichita
Thursday, July 21
Salina Labor Federation— Regular Meeting, 7 p.m., 2055 S. Ohio, Salina
Saturday, July 23
Machinists LL2799— E-board meeting 9:30 a.m., 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
Regular Meeting, 10:30 a.m.
Machinists Local 774— 10 a.m. Regular Meeting, 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
Thursday, July 28
Wichita-Hutchinson Labor Fed—3219 W. Central, Wichita, KS
District 70 Retirees— Luncheon, 11:45 a.m., 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita
Jobs with Justice National Conference - August 5-7
A movement to build working class power in Washington D.C.
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At the Jobs with Justice Conference attendees have the opportunity to learn from others and work
with labor leaders, community leaders, workers excluded from labor law protection, and students to
stand up to corporations while building a movement.
The conference is located at Omni Shoreham 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington D.C.
enforcement
Register online at JWJ.org
AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit - Sept. 29-Oct. 2
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Early Bird Registration: $25 before July 31, 2011.
Regular Registration: $35 from Aug. 1 to Aug. 12, 2011.
Register online at nextupsummit.com
Registration cut-off is Friday, Aug. 12.
Should you decide to cancel your registration, please do so by
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A continental breakfast is provided each day of the summit, lunch
is provided on Friday and a reception is provided on Thursday and
Saturday. Bring money to pay for meals while traveling, dinner on
your own Friday, lunch Saturday and snacks/beverages each day.
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From the Fields to Facebook:
Union Organizing Online
By Tom Dalzell, AFL-CIO Blog
When I started with the United Farm Workers of America in 1972,
some of the old hands taught me a trick: Before you organize people,
you have to meet them. To meet them, you have to know where they
the morning, their homes and the occasional bar. Now, with more than
500 million people on social networks like Facebook, that means going
online.
the Shame on NVEnergy campaign to shine a light on abusive labor
practices the utility engages in—not the least of which is clawing back
company in good faith for decades.
For years, unions have been struggling with how to attract younger
workers to its ranks. In addition to traditional organizing, we wanted to
try something new to reach young people who weren’t hanging out in
the same old places—people we hadn’t met yet.
We put together the Shame on NVEnergy campaign, which included a
website and a Facebook page. This gave us an online base to organize
from, and a means to reach out to our members, their friends and fami-
telling their stories, posted news coverage of NVEnergy’s shameful
treatment of its elderly retirees, and offered valuable content to people
who might be sympathetic to our cause.
The result: nearly 40,000 people joined our cause on Facebook, making
it the largest political organizing page in the state of Nevada. The next
largest in the state, Sen. Harry Reid’s page, has 17,920 members.
Our page isn’t static—and neither are our members. We’ve used this
platform to encourage thousands of NVEnergy customers to sign peti-
tions urging the company to honor its commitments. We organized our
members to support a shareholder resolution that allowed 15 percent
of stockholders to convene a shareholder meeting—something that
formerly only the Board of Directors could do.
We are currently thinking about how best to use the megaphone we’ve
built—which reaches beyond our 40,000 members to their families and
friends, and generates more than 442,000 ‘impressions,’ or messages
viewed, each month. Our online organizing has allowed us to amass a
huge list of e-mails as well.
The truth, we discovered, is that online organizing isn’t that different
from regular organizing—something my predecessors probably could
have told me, and something I tell the young organizers who are just
getting started.
(IBEW) Local 1245, which represents electrical workers in the state of Nevada
(excluding Las Vegas) and Northern California. He describes how online
organizing complements traditional organizing—and why both need to work
together.
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