Hot News for June 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 22, 2010
Transport Workers Endorse Durrance For
Congress
Cite Challenger’s Commitment To Working Class Families
FORT
WORTH—Air Transport Local 567 of the Transport Worker’s
Union of America this week endorsed Neil Durrance for Congress
from Texas’ 26th Congressional District.
“Neil Durrance
will provide the kind of leadership working class families need
in Washington,” said Larry Pike, President of Local 567. “Congressman
Michael Burgess has spent his years in Congress looking out for
big business while ignoring the needs of working class families
in North Texas,” Pike said.
Union officials
said Burgess was out of touch with the needs of North Texas families,
and cited several votes the incumbent Congressman has cast as being
inconsistent with the needs of North Texas families.
“Michael
Burgess voted against raising the minimum wage, against extending
unemployment benefits for working families, and against reforms
to help protect workers’ pensions,” said Gary Moffitt, Legislative
Director of Local 567. “When working families need something from
Michael Burgess, the answer is always the same—‘no,’” Moffitt said.
Durrance
said he was proud to accept Local 567’s endorsement, noting the
importance of the air transport workers to the economy in North
Texas. “The men and women of Local 567 are key to keeping the planes
flying over North Texas. Air travel and DFW Airport are vital to
the North Texas economy, and these men and women deserve good paying
jobs, secure pensions, and fair treatment from the airlines,” Durrance
said.
“When I’m
your Congressman, I’ll be a representative who fights for working
men and women across North Texas. The era of just saying ‘no’ to
working families in North Texas will end when I take office,” Durrance
said.
The Burgess Record For Working Families:
Terrible
FAIR PAY. Congressman Burgess voted against the
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. [S. 181, January 27, 2009,
Roll Call 37]
GOOD WAGES. Congressman Burgess voted against raising
the minimum wage.[H.R. 2, January 10, 2007, Roll Call 18]
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: Congressman Burgess voted against extending
unemployment benefits for families hit hard by the economic recession FIVE
TIMES, and abandoned working families altogether by
failing to show up for another vote on extending emergency unemployment
benefits. [H.R. 3548, Nov. 5, 2009, Roll Call No. 859;
H.R. 3548, Sept. 22, 2009, Roll Call No. 722; H.R. 6867, October
3, 2008, Roll Call No. 683; HR 5749, June 12, 2008, Roll Call No.
412]
PENSION REFORM & RETIREMENT SECURITY. Congressman
Burgess voted against reforms establishing
minimum funding rules for single-employer and multi-employer defined
benefit pension plans and requiring full funding of most pension
plans. Burgess’ federal retirement as a Congressman is secure,
but he doesn’t care about retirement security for working Americans.
[H.R. 4, July 28, 2006, Roll Call No. 422]
EMPLOYEE FREE CHOCIE: Congressman Burgess voted against the
Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for employees
to unionize their workplaces. [H.R. 800, March 1, 2007,
Roll Call No. 118]
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION: Congressman Burgess
voted against protection for federal employees
from discrimination or demotion if they disclose credible evidence
of waste, abuse, gross mismanagement, or substantial and specific
danger to public health. [H.R. 985, March 14, 2007, Roll
Call No. 153]
EXPANDED WORKPLACE RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS: Congressman
Burgess voted against collective bargaining
rights for public safety officers. [H.R. 980, July 17,
2007, Roll Call No. 633]
MORE BAD VOTES FOR WORKING FAMILIES: Against
discrimination-free workplaces [H.R. 3685, November 7,
2007, Roll Call No. 1057]; Against better safety standards
for workers [H.R. 5522, April 30, 2008, Roll Call No. 233]
TTD News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2010
CONTACT: Jenifer McCormick
202-628-9262
jeniferm@ttd.org
Court Decision Upholds New Rules For Rail and Aviation Union Elections
WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation
Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement today
in response to a decision in the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia, rejecting the Air Transport Association’s
attempt to overturn new National Mediation Board (NMB) rules governing
union elections:
“With today’s court decision, tens of thousands of airline and
rail workers are a step closer to pursuing the power of collective
bargaining under fairer union election rules.
“The deck has been stacked against workers for too long with many
union elections being invalidated by unfair rules that required
super majority participation – a standard found nowhere else in
our democracy. The new rules put an end to the practice of counting
all non-voting employees as ‘no’ votes.
“We look forward to the new NMB rules going into effect without
further delay.”
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The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, represents 32 member
unions in the aviation, rail, transit, trucking, highway, longshore,
maritime and related industries. For more information, visit www.ttd.org
United Way Day of Action
National Day of Action
June 21st
Volunteers across the country are participating
in activities that benefit our community on the National Day of
Action. June 21st is the longest day of the year. Volunteering
demonstrates what it means to LIVE UNITED.
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United Way identifies project.
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Projects will
be outdoor activities, primarily in the morning and can take
place a a few days before or after June 21st.
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United Way identifies organizations with volunteers.
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Organization select a project from a list and assign a team captain
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Project host assigns on-site supervisor
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Day of
project - volunteers arrive and tea captain reports to on-site
supervisor.
