tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17902609125403000192024-03-05T05:59:27.734-06:00Machinists Union District Lodge 37Web Stewardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773146917622000796noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-1048858813629161172018-12-21T20:29:00.002-06:002018-12-21T20:29:28.947-06:00WE HAVE MOVED<b>IAMAW District Lodge 37 Blog has moved to <a href="http://www.iamawdl37.org/blog">www.iamawdl37.org/blog</a></b><br />
<b>the 4 Logal Lodges 12, 15, 1727, and 1786 have also moved to the same address.</b><br />
<b>Thanks for following us around, and please feel free to comment on any of the topics or make any suggestions for the website.</b><br />
<b>thanks again.</b><br />
<b>Brother Dave</b>District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-91423993488874317762018-08-06T12:20:00.001-05:002018-08-06T12:20:59.133-05:00IAH/ Swissport Ramp and Cabin Cleaners Vote IAMThe Ramp and Cabin Cleaners at Houston's Intercontinental Airport have voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and are actively working on an initial contract vote. We would Like to welcome the new brothers and sisters to District 37.<br />
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District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-29738787320527078362017-09-06T18:03:00.002-05:002017-09-06T18:03:41.005-05:00Strike Benefits for Local Lodge 15Please follow this link to the Local Lodge 15 Blog for more information<br />
<a href="http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/">http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-79253016704168403132017-09-05T10:33:00.004-05:002017-09-05T10:33:57.929-05:00Wyman-Gordon Insurance extension<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-23292818082072318642017-09-03T16:09:00.001-05:002017-09-03T16:09:30.764-05:00IAM local lodge 15 rejects contract, Again<p dir="ltr">A second pass at ratifying a contract with Wyman-Gordon was rejected, back to the picket lines. Contact your committee member to help with the picket duties. </p>
District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-2818833912916763992017-09-03T13:26:00.001-05:002017-09-03T13:26:00.708-05:00Local 15, Don't forget to vote today<p dir="ltr">Don't forget to vote today</p>
<p dir="ltr">The vote will take place at the VFW CYPRESS POST 8905. 21902 Northwest Frwy Cypress, TX 77429 (where we have Union Meetings) Sunday September 3, 2017 from 2pm until 6pm.</p>
District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-17492294073907406572017-09-02T11:01:00.000-05:002017-09-02T11:01:04.965-05:00Local Lodge 15 Voting on latest offering from Wyman-Gordon<span style="font-size: large;">Go to the link below to see all the information regarding the member vote this Sunday September 3rd, 2017</span><br />
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<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-34707816433095622017-08-28T21:23:00.003-05:002017-08-28T21:23:33.710-05:00Texas AFL-CIO Offering Donations page for Union Member Relief effort.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-79510638733873658082017-08-28T18:16:00.002-05:002017-08-28T18:16:35.279-05:00No Good News in site for the SE Texas Floods of 2017Find Below the available forms for assistance from the IAM<br />
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Brother Byron Williams DBR District 37 email <a href="mailto:bwilliams@iamawdl37.org">bwilliams@iamawdl37.org</a></div>
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District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-3199363987897597802017-08-21T17:56:00.000-05:002017-08-21T17:56:52.883-05:00Local Lodge 15 ON STRIKE!!!For all the latest information regarding the Strike, check with the internationals IMAIL, www.GOIAM.org, and the Local Lodge site <a href="http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/">http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-42539586896916039702017-08-15T17:20:00.001-05:002017-08-15T17:20:43.694-05:00Local Lodge 15 Contract Ratification Vote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "bodoni mt" , serif;">Your elected contract
negotiating team, Tim Stutts, Abel Nuncio, Marcus Grimes, Darrell Bonney
District Lodge 37 Rep Byron Williams and your chief negotiator, Grand Lodge
Representatives Brother James Parker, met for negotiations with Wyman Gordon.
The Union and Company have exchanged and discussed several issues and
proposals. The parties have discussed several issues relating to Non-Economic
and Economic issues. Your negotiating team has heard your concerns regarding the
issues that are important to the membership “Those Issues such as job security,
outsourcing, benefits, and wages”. The
parties are continuing to exchange ideals related to proposals in an effort of
reaching resolution to the issues you brought forward in the membership
surveys, meetings, and with your negotiating team members. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bodoni mt" , serif;">We have reviewed
your surveys and furthermore your comments from the surveys. As anticipated,
the top issues were established and have been formulated into contract
proposals. We are asking for our members support throughout these negotiations.
Please remember, if we have not addressed the issues here, they are rumors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bodoni mt" , serif;">Some of the
proposals brought forth by the company is to reduce short-term disability benefits
from 70% to 55% of employee’s salary. In addition, employees on short-term
(6months) and long-term disability (6months) for a total of one year, then be
terminated from the company. The Company wants to implement a change from 20
minute to 15 minute breaks during the overtime period. Temporary assignment
proposals are still being exchanged. The company is also holding to not
allowing employees who attend funeral such as a (friend), receive premium pay
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presented a wage scale with a much-reduced starting range of (<b>$7.50) Lg6, to Labor grade 16 ($14.00) with
no salary increases for the 3yr contract. For any current employees in addition
to any employees hired or re-called after ratifications. </b>We will continue
exchanging proposals throughout the week and will update the membership as the
negotiations continue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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District Lodge No. 37 web site and link to your Local Lodge 15 link, for future
updates. Additionally, further updates will be forthcoming as negotiations move
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the FaceBook Page- </span></span><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; text-underline: none;">Boeing Workers at South Carolina –
BSC</span></i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; text-underline: none;"> </span></u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/</span></span></a></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2017/02/01/boeing-will-be-organized-right-to-work-law-is-no-barrier-says-top-south-carolina-labor-leader/#6c8782563dcd"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Boeing
Will Be Organized -- Right-To-Work Law Is No Barrier, Says Top South Carolina
Labor Leader</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">South
Carolina may be the least unionized state in the union, but its most prominent
labor leader – and it does have a few – says Boeing workers in Charleston are
ready to join the International Association of Machinists.</span></div>
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Trumka Testifies on Transportation and Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
AFL-CIO Video</span></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">AFL-CIO
President Richard Trumka</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> gives testimony on "Building a 21st Century
Infrastructure for America" at the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/diapers-on-display-as-boeing-campaigns-against-machinists-in-s-carolina-vote/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Diapers
on display as Boeing campaigns against Machinists in S. Carolina vote</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Boeing
is taking the gloves off to fight the Machinists union with everything it’s
got.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.goiam.org/news/national-right-work-law-devastating-blow-working-families/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">National
‘Right-to-Work’ Law Would Be Devastating Blow to Working Families</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Washington,
DC – <b>Robert Martinez, Jr., International President of the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)</b>, made the following
statement about the introduction of national right-to-work legislation:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“So-called
right-to-work has done enough harm to working people in the states where it is
law. Forcing it upon every state in the country would be a national disaster.</span></div>
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Bill 326 by Rep. Canales part of statewide measures designed to increase the
minimum wage for working Texans, including more than 67,000 in Hidalgo County</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">On
Thursday, January 12, 2017, in the Speaker’s Committee Room at the Texas
Capitol, the <b>Texas AFL-CIO, led by its president, John Patrick</b> and who
was joined by other key lawmakers, hosted a news conference on raising the
minimum wage in Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Union
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collect union dues, as two bills look to do away with payroll deduction.</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Like
the FaceBook Page- </span></span><i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; text-underline: none;">Boeing Workers at South Carolina –
BSC</span></i><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; text-underline: none;"> </span></u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/</span></span></a></div>
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GEORGIA STORM VICTIMS NEED YOUR HELP</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Georgia
AFL-CIO is providing help to people who have been affected by the devastating
storms that hit the Albany area. We are working with some area churches, State
Representative Winfred Dukes and the United Way of Southwest Georgia. We are
asking for your assistance so that we can provide as much as we can to as many
as we can. Your donations can be dropped off on the first floor of the IBEW Local
613 Building (501 Pulliam Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30312) by 5:00 PM on 2/2/17.</span></div>
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<a href="https://onlabor.org/2017/01/31/the-supreme-court-vacancy-and-labor-neil-gorsuch/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">The Supreme Court
Vacancy and Labor: Neil Gorsuch</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">On
Labor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Hannah Belitz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
31, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
following provides an overview of Judge Gorsuch’s opinions in cases involving
the NLRB and employment discrimination.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/who-neil-gorsuch-and-where-does-he-stand-labor-and-employment-issues"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Who is Neil
Gorsuch and Where Does He Stand on Labor and Employment Issues?</span></span></a></div>
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ILYSE SCHUMAN AND MICHAEL J. LOTITO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
31, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">On
the whole, Judge Gorsuch’s written opinions on labor and employment issues do
not appear to contain any unpleasant surprises for <b>employers.</b> His
opinions—which, by and large, are clear and easy to read—have not expressed any
new interpretations of existing law that would <b>disadvantage employers</b>.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/workers-at-trumps-washington-hotel-vote-to-join-union-setting-stage-for-labor-duel/2017/01/31/2a0a08a4-e4d9-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.25320b286ff2"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Workers at Trump’s
Washington hotel vote to join union, casting spotlight on potential conflicts</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Washington
Post</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Drew Harwell and Jonathan O'Connell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
31, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">About
40 housekeepers and guest-room workers at the Trump International Hotel
Washington voted last week to join Unite Here Local 25, a chapter that
represents 6,500 hospitality workers across the Washington area, a union
executive said.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/cnhi_network/abbot-calls-for-ending-sanctuary-cities-protecting-children/article_9167c0ea-2ed8-5634-a714-7ef946234099.html"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Abbot calls for ending sanctuary cities, protecting
children</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Corsicana
Daily Sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
John Austin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
31, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Following
a call for ethics reform, Abbott urged lawmakers to end the practice of
automatic deduction of union dues from the paychecks of government workers,
saying “taxpayer money shouldn’t be used to support the collection of union
dues.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rick
Levy, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> said he’d rather
have heard Abbott talking about issues that families discuss around the dinner
table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“He
seemed to throw a bone to those who are on an ideological crusade,” Levy said.
“It was misguided.”</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Southern
Region</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u><span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></u></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-first-week-labor-split_us_588928fae4b061cf898cb708"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Trump’s
First Week In Office Leaves Labor Worried About An Internal Split</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Huffington
Post</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Dave Jamieson and Sam Stein</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
25, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/trump-wants-to-build-a-wall-finding-workers-won-t-be-easy"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Trump
Wants to Build a Wall. Finding Workers Won’t Be Easy</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bloomberg</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Lauren Etter and Shannon Pettypiece</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
26, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">President
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall faces many obstacles. One of the tallest:
building it without undocumented workers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://paydayreport.com/spike-in-latino-workplace-deaths-has-many-worried-about-trump-era/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Spike
in Latino Workplace Deaths Has Many Worried About Trump Era</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">PayDay
Report</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Mike Elk</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
25, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/houston-city-council-reappoints-dean-174000115.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Houston
City Council Reappoints Dean Corgey to Port Commission of the Port of Houston
Authority</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yahoo</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Staff</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
25, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">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 <b>vice president of the Texas AFL-CIO</b>; as <b>secretary-treasurer
</b>of the <b>West Gulf Ports Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department</b>;
and on the executive board of the <b>Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO</b>. 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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/24/news/companies/kroger-jobs/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Kroger is
hiring 10,000 workers</span></a></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">CNN
Money</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Aaron Smith</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kroger
says it plans to hire 10,000 workers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/01/politicians_across_us_in_troub.html#incart_most-comments"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Politicians
across US in trouble for social media postings after women's marches</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">AL.com</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Associated Press</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">These
are a handful of examples from across the U.S. of mostly male public officials
who have been reprimanded, called out or disciplined over social media postings
about the women's marches around the globe last weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-meets-labor-union-heads-promises-build-n711346"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Trump Meets Labor
Union Heads and Promises to Build</span></span></a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">NBC
News</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Ben Popken</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Build,
baby, build.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON <b>MARCH 4<sup>th</sup></b> PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in <b>Canton, Mississippi</b> (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: <b>(601)
859-2931 </b></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Texas<span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/01/23/union-taxpayers-supporting-welfare-state-workers-deserve-living-wage"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Union:
Taxpayers are supporting welfare for state workers, who deserve a living wage</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dallas
Morning News</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Dagney Pruner</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
23, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Texas
taxpayers are footing the bill to support welfare programs for thousands of
state workers and their children, a union representing the employees said
Monday, urging lawmakers to raise wages.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Southern
Region</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u><span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></u></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/23/rip-tpp-now-redo-nafta-opposing-view/96966616/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">RIP,
TPP. Now let’s redo NAFTA: Opposing view</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">USA
TODAY</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">On
Monday, the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
President Trump may have signed the TPP’s death certificate, but it was working
people and our progressive allies who killed this unfair agreement. For years,
we have mobilized and organized in opposition to the TPP, winning the debate in
Congress and on the campaign trail.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/23/donald-trump-tells-union-leaders-he-wants-to-hire-americans-to-rebuild-america/?utm_term=.e3fb54222433"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Donald
Trump and labor unions don’t always get along — but they did today</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">WASHINGTON
POST</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Danielle Paquette</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
23, 2017</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Amid
tension with the organized labor community, President Trump met with a dozen
union leaders and members Monday afternoon at the White House for a “listening
session” about American jobs.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/articles/unions-roiled-by-trumps-federal-hiring-freeze"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Unions:
Trump's hiring freeze 'disastrous' for public service</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Federal
Times</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Carten Cordell</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
23, 2017</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Many
anticipated that President Trump would keep to his campaign promise of
instituting a hiring freeze for the federal government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/labor/315742-dont-let-trump-repeal-union-gains"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Don't
Repeal Union Gains</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
Hill </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Much
has been made of President Trump’s sweeping comments and random tweets. But now
that he’s been officially sworn in, the consequences for American workers are
much more tangible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-trade-20170123-story.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Trump
moves quickly in bid to revamp America's trade policy</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Los
Angeles Times</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
24, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“We
appreciate that Donald Trump laid it in its grave,” said <b>Thea Lee, deputy
chief of staff at the AFL-CIO</b>, referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
“But that’s only a first and small step.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">While
there are signs of more aggressive trade actions on the part of Trump, Lee said
it wasn’t clear how Trump’s approach — one of his popular refrains is “buy
American” — would manifest itself in actual trade policies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“The
incoming administration has a narrower vision of America first,” she said. “It
could be negotiated and be worse for working people.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON <b>MARCH 4<sup>th</sup></b> PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in <b>Canton, Mississippi</b> (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: <b>(601)
859-2931</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/What-do-working-stiffs-and-NFL-players-have-in-10873044.php"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">What
do working stiffs and NFL players have in common? Often, a fight for workers'
comp</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Houston
Chronicle </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
L.M. Sixel</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
20, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">"It
is completely unfair," said Rick Levy, secretary of the Texas AFL-CIO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Over
the past few years, NFL players and their union have tried to fend off efforts
by the league to reduce workers' compensation benefits. In California in 2013,
the National Football League led a successful lobbying effort to bar
professional athletes from filing workers' compensation claims in California if
they spent most of their careers outside the state.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Southern
Region</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u><span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/after-success-of-womens-march-a-question-remains-whats-next.html?_r=0"><span style="color: #0563c1;">After
Success of Women’s March, a Question Remains: What’s Next?</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">New
York Times</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
SUSAN CHIRA and JONATHAN MARTIN</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
22, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">More
than a million people who turned out on Saturday for women’s marches in all 50
states have put down their placards, taken off their pink hats and ended their
chants after what was an extraordinary display of dissent against the Trump
presidency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/The-Working-People-Weekly-List36"><span style="color: #0563c1;">The
Working People Weekly List</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">AFL-CIO
NOW</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Kenneth Quinnell</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
22, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Every
week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and
events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly
List.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON <b>MARCH 4<sup>th</sup></b> PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in <b>Canton, Mississippi</b> (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: <b>(601)
859-2931 </b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Texas<span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></span></u></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/01/20/184551/houston-protests-donald-trumps-inauguration/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Some
Houston Residents Protest Against Donald Trump On The Day Of His Inauguration</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Houston
Public Media</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Al Ortiz</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
20, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“We
are worried about attacks on both workers’ rights and the workplace, the
ability to form unions. We are worried that the new Secretary of Labor is not a
supporter of the federal minimum wage,” said <b>Hany Khalil, executive director
of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO</b>.</span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.kvue.com/news/local/thousands-attend-womens-march-on-austin/389721273"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Tens
of thousands attend Women's March on Austin</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">KVUE</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Erin Jones</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
21, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">APD
estimated between 40,000 and 50,000 people attended the march in front of the
Texas State Capitol Saturday afternoon, many with a message to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Sister-women-s-march-to-protest-election-of-10872857.php"><span style="color: #0563c1;">An
estimated 22,000 march in Houston for women's rights</span></a></span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Houston
Chronicle </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Brooke A. Lewis and Keri Blakinger</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
22, 2017</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">More
than 20,000 singing, sign-waving protesters packed Hermann Square to roar their
opposition to newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and show their
solidarity with marching women across the nation Saturday.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
<br />
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<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/01/21/watch-dallas-womens-march-kicks-downtown"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Thousands
march through downtown Dallas in support for women's rights</span></a></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dallas
Morning News</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Claire Ballor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
22, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thousands
of women of all ages, colors and creeds turned out Saturday morning for the
Dallas Women's March through downtown, a day after President Donald Trump took
office.</span></div>
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FOR ANTI-TRUMP RALLY AND MARCH</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/regulations-jobs/513563/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Do
Regulations Really Kill Jobs?</span></a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
Atlantic</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
ALANA SEMUELS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
19, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">It
was in the early days of Ronald Reagan’s campaign for president that America
first started frequently hearing the term “job-killing regulations” in response
to an increasing number of environmental laws.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Texas<span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HOUSTON UNITES FOR ANTI-TRUMP RALLY AND MARCH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As Donald Trump is inaugurated Friday morning in Washington
DC, immigrant, community and labor groups in Houston will unite to jointly declare
our intention to fight for all communities at risk under the incoming Trump
administration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hundreds of people are expected to gather at
Sesquicentennial Park at 10 a.m. Friday to mark the start of the resistance
movement that will be needed to keep our communities safe, free and thriving.
We will send the message that Houston Builds Bridges, Not Walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">WHO: Texas Gulf Coast AFL-CIO, Mi Familia
Vota, SEIU, CAIR Texas, United We Dream, Battleground Texas, Houston Federation
of Teachers, Emerge USA, Fight for 15, New Leaders Council Houston, Planned
Parenthood Gulf Coast, Interfaith Justice Coalition, UNITE HERE Local 23,
Pacifica Radio KPFT 90.1, t.e.j.a.s., Young Active Labor Leaders (YALL),
International Association of Machinists Lodge 811, Houston Gulf Coast Building
and Construction Trades Council, and Texas Organizing Project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">WHAT: Houston Unido March and Rally #EraofResistance </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">WHERE: Sesquicentennial
Park, 300 Smith Street, next to bayou</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">WHEN:
Friday, January 20, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Assembly 10 a.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Rally 10:30 am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">
March 11:00 am to 12 noon</span></div>
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Southern Region</div>
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Cell: 404-402-9764</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Workers-Share-Workplace-Violence-Stories-Win-Commitment-for-Federal-OSHA-Standard"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Workers
Share Workplace Violence Stories, Win Commitment for Federal OSHA Standard</span></a></span></div>
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Rebecca L. Reindel & Eunice Salcedo</span></div>
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18, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration held a stakeholder meeting last
week on preventing workplace violence in health care and social
assistance—industries where nurses, social workers, emergency response workers,
home care workers, psychiatric aides and others are on the front line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-fi-trump-regulatory-reform-20170119-story.html"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Where
will Trump begin in slashing Obama-era regulations?</span></a></span></div>
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Times</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Don Lee and Jim Puzzanghera</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
19, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Donald
Trump's ascendance to the White House has raised hopes among U.S. businesses
for the most significant rollback of regulations since the Reagan
administration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/solutions-to-help-americas-workers-keep-missing-the-point-2017-1"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Why
the political mainstream keeps failing America's workers</span></a></span></div>
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Insider</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
David Dayen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
17, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Millions
of Americans spend every day preoccupied with whether they can make a better
life for themselves than their parents did, and whether they can pass on that
opportunity to their children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/19/lawmakers-likely-see-state-tuition-policy-fight-ag/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Lawmakers
likely to wage in-state tuition policy fight again this year</span></a></span></div>
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Tribune</span></div>
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JULIÁN AGUILAR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
19, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">A
North Texas Republican is hell-bent this session on forcing lawmakers to take
an up-or-down vote on repealing a popular state program that allows some
undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges.</span></div>
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District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-45050243944695669812017-01-18T08:45:00.001-06:002017-01-18T08:45:24.661-06:00Texas Region Press Clips
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<span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article127052744.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Sister
March’ planned in Fort Worth for day after Donald Trump’s inauguration</span></a></span></span></div>
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Telegram</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
17, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">In
Dallas, the Women’s March is being expanded to include a rally and “mega” phone
bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">It
starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Participants
will walk about 1.7 miles to the <b>CWA Hall</b>, 1408 N. Washington Ave.,
during the event, which is hosted by state Rep. Victoria Neave, D-Dallas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">There,
they will have a rally and begin a phone bank, calling women to ask what their
top legislative priorities are and let them know they’ve “got their back,” said
Rebecca Acuna, chief of staff for Neave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Co-hosts
of the Dallas event include Planned Parenthood, Moms Demand Action,
Battleground Texas, the <b>Dallas AFL-CIO</b> and the Texas Young Democrats.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texanomics/article/Residential-segregation-keeps-Houston-from-being-10861896.php"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Houston
is a city of opportunity — but for whom?</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Houston
Chronicle </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Lydia Depillis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">January
17, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Civic
leaders love to talk about how Houston is a city of opportunity. It's on
banners at the airport. It's been used to sell the General Plan. The Greater
Houston Partnership uses it as a tagline. Mayor Sylvester Turner used the word
"opportunity" five times in his inauguration speech last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Provided by DeLane Adams</span></div>
District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-30434465255750665362016-12-20T18:04:00.001-06:002016-12-20T18:04:29.064-06:00Local Lodge 1786 Set to 'Re-Do' local lodge electionsPlease see the entire story with official letter and absenty ballot request form.<br />
Go to (click on the link below) <br />
<a href="http://stll1786.blogspot.com/">http://stll1786.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<br />District Communicatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869683491625891219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790260912540300019.post-46836234663192082972016-07-20T17:27:00.001-05:002016-07-20T17:27:24.318-05:00Passing of Brother James BorregoBrother James Borrego was a member of Local Lodge 1786 with the DSI, Dynamic Science Inc., the control tower contract at Ellington Field.<br />
For Service information please see the 1786 Blog at http://stll1786.blogspot.com/<br />
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