Southern
Region
Huffington
Post
By
Dave Jamieson and Sam Stein
January
25, 2017
Sean
McGarvey joined other labor union leaders Monday in a visit with President
Donald Trump at his new digs in the White House. As head of North America’s
Building Trades Unions, McGarvey wasn’t accustomed to such meetings, least of
all during a president’s first full weekday in office. Neither he nor his
predecessor had ever received such an invitation from President Barack Obama.
Bloomberg
By
Lauren Etter and Shannon Pettypiece
January
26, 2017
President
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall faces many obstacles. One of the tallest:
building it without undocumented workers.
PayDay
Report
By
Mike Elk
January
25, 2017
Today,
the Trump Administration announced a series of moves designed to crack down on
undocumented workers living in the country, promising in immigration-related
executive orders to target and deport immigrants who have entered the United
States illegally and foreign guestworkers that overstay their work visas.
Texas
Yahoo
By
Staff
January
25, 2017
Mr.
Corgey is a trustee for the Seafarers Pension Plan, Seafarers Health and
Benefits Plan, Joint Employment Fund, Training/Safety Fund and Transportation
Institute. He serves as a vice president of the Texas AFL-CIO; as secretary-treasurer
of the West Gulf Ports Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department;
and on the executive board of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO. He is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association,
American Maritime Partnership and the Navy League of the United States. He is a
past member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Area Maritime
Security Committee for the Port of Houston/Galveston and served as chairman of
the City of Houston Ethics Committee. He served on the U.S. Coast Guard Towing
Safety Advisory Committee and the board of the Houston Maritime Association.
Mr. Corgey is also active in other civic and humanitarian pursuits.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
