Thursday, January 26, 2017

Texas Regional Press Clips


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
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