IAM Local Lodge 778 is a united Lodge representing workers in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.  We are located in south Kansas City just 1/2 mile west of 71 Highway or 1 mile west of I-435 at 9404 Grandview Road.  Meeting on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Unete a la Union IAM

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Mailing address is:

Local Lodge 778

9404 Grandview Road

Kansas City, MO. 64132

Telephone is (816) 363-7070

Directing Business Representative - Claude Harris, ext. #15

Business Representative - Joe Capra, ext. #14

Secretary-Treasurer - Don Long, ext. #10

This Web Page last updated on Thursday, July 02, 2009 08:23 PM

 

The 2009 Raffle tickets are now available. See your officer or steward.  You may pick them up at the Hall or at the Feb stewards meeting and regular meeting.  This is the largest fund raiser for 778, Thanks for all your support!

Raffle Details: $5.00 Donation.
Grand Prize: $500.00 VISA Gift Card
Other Prizes:$250.00 VISA Gift Card
$100.00 VISA Gift Card
Drawing will be held November 14, 2009

June Regular Meeting report completed click to read


7/1/2009

NFFE’s Richard Brown Dies at 47: ‘A Trade Unionist at Heart’   More...


7/1/2009

Labor Secretary Solis: ‘Level the Playing Field’   More...

20,000 University of Wisconsin Faculty Gain Bargaining Rights   More...

Postal Unions Slam Saturday Mail Cut Plan   More...


6/30/2009

New Plant Closing Bill: ‘FOREWARNED’ Is Better Armed   More...

Great Quotes: ‘Only a Fool’ Would Block Workers from Unions   More...

Lots to Learn on Solidarity Center Website   More...

Two Unions in Hawaii Seek to Block Governor from Ordering Furloughs—and More Bargaining News   More...


6/29/2009

Rite Aid’s Wrong, Workers Tell Shareholders    More...

Ludlow Massacre Site Dedicated as National Landmark   More...

G8 Union Leaders Issue Urgent   More...


6/25/2009

TRADE Act Would Overhaul Bad Trade Policy   More...

U.S., European Union File Complaint Over China’s Trade Restrictions   More...

Progressive Change Needs Strong Civics Education   More...


6/24/2009

California Veterans, Union Members Want Employee Free Choice   Video...

Cities Cut Fire Services, Risk Lives   More...


6/23/2009

Some Interesting Information Thanks to Brother Cavender

 

Green Jobs Growing Faster Than Other Industries   More...


6/22/2009

Report: Bush’s Voluntary Program Didn’t Help Job Safety and Health   More...


6/19/2009

STEELING a Union’s ID   More...

U.S. Trade Commission Rules for USW in China Tire Import Case    More...


6/18/2009

NIXON SIGNS BILL TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Gov. Jay Nixon on June 12 signed a bill into law to allow unemployed Missourians who have exhausted their jobless benefits to receive up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment compensation. Such benefits typically expire after 59 weeks.   Another component of the bill, HB 1075, potentially could expand the number of Missourians eligible for unemployment benefits, but the U.S. Department of Labor has questioned whether that provision complies with federal law. Under HB 1075, the expansion would expire when the federal money that would initially pay for it runs out. The federal law requires states to permanently expand their programs to be eligible for funding. Although labor department officials have expressed skepticism about Missouri’s eligibility, the agency hasn’t definitely ruled on the matter. 

Seniors Honor Kourpias, Set to Carry on Fight for Health Care   More...


6/17/2009

Chamber of Commerce Sides with Foreign Embassies Against Buy American   More...

Sebelius: Now Is the Time for Health Care Reform   More...

How Can Unions Fit into Industry-Driven Climate Agreements?   More...

Online Roundup: What the Freedom to Bargain Means for Workers   More...


6/16/2009

Report: The Struggle for Workers’ Rights in Guatemala    More...

Two Former Labor Secretaries: Why We Support Employee Free Choice   More...

Pilots Hold Info Picket at Continental Shareholders’ Meeting, and More Bargaining News   More...


6/15/2009

AFL-CIO Art Exhibit: Movies With a Mission   More...

More Die on Job in New York State Because of Bush’s Safety and Health Cuts   More...

 


6/12/2009

91 Unionists Killed in 2008, 49 in Colombia Alone   More...

Corporate Hypocrisy on Bargaining Highlights Need for Employee Free Choice   More...

Made in America: Corporate PR, Not Practice    More...


6/11/2009

Lockheed Martin Targets New Mexico Machinists...The IAM is calling on Lockheed Martin to withdraw a proposal to outsource more than 100 safety sensitive positions at Sandia National Laboratories...More...


6/10/2009

Oregon Bill Bans Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings   More...


6/9/2009

Biden Refuses to Cross Fire Fighters Picket Line    More...

550,000 NYC Workers Win Pact to Save Jobs, and More Bargaining News     More...


6/8/2009

Screen Actor Members Help Create Care Packages for U.S. Troops   More...

Northland Poster Collective Closing Its Doors    More...

Two Farms Agree to Better Wages, Conditions for Florida Tomato Workers   More...


6/4/2009

The President’s Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning   More...


6/3/2009

Bail Out Average Americans, Not Bankers   More...


6/2/2009

Milwaukee Faculty Give Up Raises to Help College, and More Bargaining News    More...


6/1/2009

Workers Tell Red Cross: Safety First   More...

Iraq Veteran: My Union Gives Me a Chance in a Tough Economy   More...


5/29/2009

Here Come the Big Lies About Health Care Reform    More...

Broken Dreams and Cookie Crumbs    More...


5/28/2009

Health Insurance Profits Soar as Industry Mergers Create Near-Monopoly    More...


5/26/2009

Acuff Debates Chamber Honcho as Employee Free Choice Gains Momentum   More...

Take the Pledge: Buy American   More...

Obama Taps Sotomayor for Supreme Court Seat    More...

Happy 100th Birthday to a Long-Time Union Member   More...

Cap and Trade Bill: Good First Step   More...


5/25/2009

Tales From the Working Class   "Work is Hell"   More...


5/21/2009

Workers Face Increasing Abuse in Attempts to Form Unions    More...


5/18/2009

Keep It Made in America: Our Future Depends On It    More....

New Fuel Standards Protect Environment and Workers   More...


5/18/2009

Obama, Union Members Nationwide Focus on Employee Free Choice   More...

Biden to AFSCME: America’s Workers Should Get a Union If They Want One   More...

AFL-CIO Calls for Release of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi   More...


5/15/2009

The Stars Align for Employee Free Choice Act   More...

Aviation Unions Outline FAA Fixes    More...


5/14/2009

The Stars Align for Employee Free Choice Act  More...

Hundreds of Nurses Rally on Capitol Hill in National Day of Action   More...

Cheney, Rove Attack Employee Free Choice. Thanks!   More...

Currency Reform Bill Could Help Create New Jobs   More...


5/13/2009

Health Care Reform, Revived Economy Best Rx for Social Security, Medicare   More...

OSHA, MSHA Move on Bush-Stalled Health and Safety Rules   More...


5/12/2009

‘Keep It Made in America’ Bus Tour Kicks Off   More...

5,300 Employees at Southwest Airlines Reach Tentative Pact, and More Bargaining News    More...


5/11/2009

Leaders in Investment Community Speak Out for Employee Free Choice   More...

Bill Now in the Senate Addresses Credit Card Abuse   More...


5/8/2009

Labor Department Budget Strengthens Worker Protection Enforcement   More...

Parental Leave Bill for Fed Workers Advances   More...


5/7/2009

Boston Globe Workers Reach Tentative Pact; Unions Offer Options for Media Jobs Crisis   More...

Gov. Nixon’s statement on the Missouri House’s refusal to expand health care to 35,000 at no cost to taxpayers

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today released the following statement on the Missouri House’s failure to adopt the conference committee report for House Bill 11:   “Missouri has a 25-year high in unemployment and a little more than one week remaining in the legislative session, yet the Republican-led legislature has done virtually nothing to improve our state’s economy. By voting today against providing health care to 35,000 Missourians at no extra cost to the state, House Republicans rejected a plan that would have pumped $145 million in new money into our economy at no cost to taxpayers. While this proposal to spur economic growth through health care expansion enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the Missouri Senate, the Missouri House let flawed ideology stand in the way of progress. House Republicans should explain to Missourians immediately why they allowed politics to interfere with our state’s opportunity to make health care more affordable and accessible. Turning down health care is not the way to turn around Missouri’s economy.”    More...


5/6/2009

Colombian Workers Pay High Price for Flowers    More...

Video: Here’s How Labor Law Is Failing Workers    More...

Act Now to Stop Chrysler Jobs from Going to Mexico    More...


5/5/2009

New Project to Combat Unconscious Racism   More...

Millions Lose Health Coverage Since Recession and Job-Based Health Care Declines    More...


5/4/2009

Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger    More...

In Radio Ad, Sheen Asks Senators to Support Employee Free Choice Act   More...

AT&T Shareholders Face Crowd of CWA Members, and More Bargaining News    More...

USW Tells China: Lay off U.S. Trade Cases   More...

Obama Puts Air Safety Back in the Passenger Seat   More...


4/29/2009

May Day: Fight for Workers’ Values   More...


4/29/2009

HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE TARGETING UNION ELECTIONS

The House of Representatives on April 28 gave first-round approval to a proposed constitutional amendment to require secret votes in union elections. HJR 37 seeks to circumvent proposed federal legislation that would streamline the process of establishing employee unions. The measure passed 83-74 on a largely party-line vote with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed.

The Employee Free Choice Act currently under consideration in Congress would allow employees to form a union if a majority of bargaining unit submits cards supporting unionization and end the current practice under which an employer can demand a secret-ballot election. HJR 37 foes say it is designed to make it harder for employees to unionize. A second vote is needed to send the measure to the Senate.  That Action Here


Hearing Highlights Need for Tougher Penalties for Job Safety and Health Violations   More...

Congress Passes Obama’s ‘Transformational’ Budget   More...

Get the Latest on Pulte Homes    More...

World Bank Scuttles Anti-Worker Index   More...


4/29/2009

Call Congress and Tell Lawmakers to Support the Budget   More...

Solis Set to Announce Two Key Job Safety and Health Rules   More...


4/28/2009

Walmart’s War on Workers   More...

UAW Reaches Settlement Agreement with Chrysler, Fiat   More...

CWA Carries on Fight for Fair Contract with AT&T, and More Bargaining News    More...


4/27/2009

At Home in Union-Made Utopia: PBS Looks at the Housing Co-Op Movement   More...

Workers Skimp on Health Care While Greedy Millionaires Fight Real Reform   More...

Vets, Small Business Owners Back Employee Free Choice   More...

Permanent California Carwash Worker Law Takes Step Forward    More...


4/24/2009

The First 100 Days: Media Attacks on Employee Free Choice    More...

Living with Brain Lesions and Without Health Care   More...

AT&T Posts $3.3 Billion Profit But Wants to Cut Jobs and Wages   More...

In North Carolina, Making the Case for Employee Free Choice   More...


4/23/2009

Kudos to Egypt’s First Independent Trade Union   More...

Low-Wage Workers Need Employee Free Choice to Join Middle Class   More...

High Road or Low Road in Renewable Energy Manufacturing?    More...


4/22/2009

Labor Secretary to Honor Fallen Workers on Workers Memorial Day   More...

Health Care Reform Must Focus on Patients’ Needs   More...


4/21/2009

States May Lead the Way on Health Care Reform   More...

Workers at American Airlines Protest CEO Bonuses, and More Bargaining News   More...


4/20/2009

New Website Highlights Labor’s Art Heritage   More...

Wage and Hour Division Gets New Leader   More...

Unions Must Seize Opportunity to Reclaim Rightful Role   More...


4/18/2009

Union Leader at Republic Windows: ‘We Don’t Have to Wait Until the Boss Screws Us’    More...

Mine Worker Punished for Trying to Form a Union   More...

Here’s How to Fix Nation’s Broken Immigration System    More...

Democratic Trade Unions in Nepal Face Tough Fight with New Regime   More...


4/16/2009

AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Salutes Maersk Alabama Crew   More...

Insurers Fight Health Care Reform with Dirty Tricks, But Public Supports Obama Plan   More...

The Truth About Taxes   More...


4/15/2009

AFL-CIO, Change to Win Agree on Joint Immigration Framework   More...

HJR 9 – PHOTO VOTER ID    More...


4/14/2009

Labor's reunification now more than just rumor

Mark Gruenberg of PAI reported Friday on the news broken by Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times last week: that the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, along with the National Education Association and presidents of about a dozen unions, have formed a committee to hammer out the details of the effort to bring the two federations plus NEA into a unified labor organization.  The National Labor Coordinating Committee has trusted labor advisor David Bonior as its facilitator, and pledged to complete its efforts toward reunification in the coming months.


Executive PayWatch: CEO Perks Rise as Workers’ Wages, Jobs Wilt   More...

Heroic Controllers Talk Passenger Through Landing Troubled Plane   More...

AT&T Workers: ‘No Way’ to Huge Health Care Cuts and More Bargaining News   More...


4/13/2009

Teens Choose Justice Over Prom Plans   More...

Solidarity Center Condemns Arrests of Burmese Union Members   More...

Rockefeller’s Health Care Record Honored  More...


4/9/2009

Unemployment LifeLine: One Stop Resource Center for Jobless   More...

It’s Time for a Global New Deal   More...

Report: Clean Coal Could Create Millions of Jobs   More...


4/8/2009

Ed Schultz Kicks off New MSNBC Show with USW’s Gerard   More...

Unions Increase Wages of Service Workers    More...

Jobless? Reach for New Unemployment Lifeline   More...


4/7/2009

Action Needed Today - Oppose Missouri House Joint Resolution 37   More...

That’s the Least of Her Worries   More...

2,000 Tampa City Workers Reach Contract and More Bargaining News   More...

AT&T Contracts Expire; Workers Still on Job   More...


4/6/2009

OSHA ignored its own procedures    More...

Union SAFE Helps Workers During Hard Times   More...

New Perkins Center to Honor ‘Woman Behind New Deal’   More...

Moyers Highlights Jobs with Justice Organizer, Employee Free Choice   More...


4/3/2009

A World of Hurt  In Workplace Injury System, Ill Will on All Sides    More...

Civil Rights Leaders Urge Passage of Employee Free Choice   More...


4/2/2009

A World of Hurt Exams of Injured Workers Fuel Mutual Mistrust   More...

And the Winner Is…  More...

‘Joe’ the ‘Plumber’ Campaigns Against Employee Free Choice, Hasn’t Read Bill   More...


4/1/2009

‘The West Wing’ Cast Joins Workers to Support Employee Free Choice   More...

Obama Honors César Chávez’s Birthday   More...


3/31/2009

A World of Hurt; For Injured Workers, a Costly Legal Swamp   More...

Student Week of Action Focuses on Employee Free Choice   More...

Former Pilots President Nominated to Head Federal Aviation Administration   More...


3/30/2009

Construction Workers Turn ‘Tip’ Into Cash for Sick Kids   More...


3/27/2009

House Panel OKs Paid Family Leave for Federal Workers   More...

Frances Perkins: ‘For God, FDR and the Millions of Forgotten…Working Men’   More...


3/26/2009

WAL-MART FORCED TO BARGAIN, FINALLY, WITH TEXAS MEAT CUTTERS   More...

GAO: Labor Department Failing Miserably in Enforcing Wage Laws   More...

‘It’s Time to Regulate All Global Financial Markets’   More...

China: Yao Fuxin Released   More...

Trade Unions to G20: Half Measures Will Not Fix Broken Global Economy   More...


3/25/2009

Minnesota Electricians Harness Renewable Energy   More...

100 Historians Sign On to Support Employee Free Choice Act   More...


3/24/2009

Casino Workers Launch Ads, Website for First Contract    More...

With Pretzel Logic, Restaurant Owners Attack San Francisco Health Care Law   More...

Report: China’s Lax Environmental Laws Cost Jobs and Lives   More...

EPI: Unions Don’t Cause Firm Closures   More...


3/23/2009

WSJ: Employee Free Choice Does NOT Eliminate Secret Ballots   More...

Obama Calls for Credit Card Protections   More...


3/21/2009

Set the Record Straight: Republicans are distorting the facts about Obama's tax plan, and we need to set the record straight: Obama's budget asks far less of the rich than President Reagan or Nixon did  More...


3/20/2009

Some Anti-Worker CEOs Not Working with a Full Deck   More...

Sunoco Workers First to Ratify Oil Industry Pattern Pacts   More...

Obama: We Should Make It Easier for Workers to Organize   More...


3/19/2009

Contracts Can’t Be Broken—Unless They Involve Union Workers   More...

Trade Experts: Renegotiate NAFTA   More...

Here’s Why U.S. Job Loss Worse, Wider Than Previous Recessions   More...


3/18/2009

Gallup: Strong Support for Freedom to Form Unions   More...

On the Hill, Fire Fighters Push for Bargaining Bill   More...

Small Business Leaders Show Support for Employee Free Choice   More...


3/17/2009

Must Watch Video  Union Unleashes Brutal Video Tying Anti-EFCA Blue Dog Dem To Dead Worker   More...

Brazil’s President, Sweeney Discuss Global Economy   More...

NFL Players Selects Smith as Executive Director    More...

Casino Workers Form New Gaming Council   More...

IAM, ALPA, AFA-CWA and TNG-CWA Workers Reach Tentative Contracts—and More Bargaining News    More...


3/16/2009

History on Air    More...

AFT Helps Teach Valuable Lessons in Women’s History Month   More...

Online Roundup: The High-Price Campaign Against Employee Free Choice   More...


3/13/2009

Mexican Seafood Workers Battle Inhumane Treatment   More...

Citigroup Uses Taypayer Dollars to Fight Workers’ Rights   More...

Reality Check: Here’s the Real Deal on Employee Free Choice    More...

It’s Crazy That Musicians Don’t Get Paid Royalties for ‘Terrestrial Radio’   More...


3/12/2009

Solis Meets Workers of Future   More...


3/11/2009

Health Insurance Industry Gets the Profits, Patients Get the Shaft   More...


3/10/2009

Labor organizing is not a crime   More...

For Children with Cancer, a Special Gift from Ironworkers   More...

20,000 CWA Members Approve Tentative Contract with AT&T, and More Bargaining News   More...


3/9/2009

Health Insurance CEOs Pocket Average $14.2 Million   More...

Labor, Human Rights Groups Urge Colombia to Respect Unionists   More...

 


3/6/2009

‘Can My Boss Do That?’   More...

Women Worldwide Are Paid Even Less Than We Thought   More...


3/4/2009

One in Four Chance Workers Will be Fired When Forming A Union   More...

SMWIA Member Gets Missouri Labor Post; N.Y. State AFL-CIO Endorses Candidate with Union Background   More...


3/3/2009

Tropicana Dealers Authorize Strike   More...

Solis Meets with Workers in First Public Appearance   More...

Labor Secretary Solis, VP Biden to Join AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting   More...


3/2/2009

Biden’s Middle Class Task Force Hears Need for Good Green Jobs   More...

Unions Pave Way for African American Progress  More...

AFTRA to Honor Four Entertainment Giants   More...


2/27/2009

Obama Unveils Budget for America’s Working Families   More...

Beware of the Big Lie Bill   More...

Corker: Classless   More...

After Eight Years of Bush, Can OSHA be Fixed?   More...

Did Opponents of Employee Free Choice Break the Law?   More...


2/25/2009

Union Leaders Join in White House Meeting on Health Care, Social Security  More...

Another Russian Union Leader Attacked   More...


2/24/2009

UAW Members at Ford Reach Agreement on Retiree Health, and More Bargaining News   More...


2/23/2009

94 Years After Ludlow Massacre, Site Now National Historic Landmark   More...

What’s Wrong with This Picture?   More...

Media Matters Turns Its Lens on Media’s Portrayal of Labor, Economy   More...

Online Union-Made Car Guide   More...


2/20/2009

Obama Housing Plan ‘Aims Straight at the Heartland’   More...

Members of Alliance for Retired Americans Meet with Lawmakers Over Recess   More...

No Solar Sweatshops or Wal-Mart Windmills   More...


2/19/2009

14,000 Insured Lose Health Coverage Every Day   More...


2/18/2009

Colombia’s Violence Against Union Members Growing   More...  Listen...

Managers, Not Workers, Overpaid in Manufacturing Jobs   More...


2/17/2009

Celebrating Black Labor History Month   More...

Wal-Mart: Recession Profiteer   More...

House Passes Compromise Economic Recovery Bill   More...


2/13/2009

Labor Website of the Year   More...

Message to Solis: Get Tough with Labor Law Violators   More...


2/12/2009

Krugman: Think Beyond Stimulus to New Economy   More...

Check Out Union Videos on Employee Free Choice Rally   More...

N.J. Supreme Court: Striking Nurses Entitled to Unemployment Benefits   More...


2/11/2009

Spokane Leader: Don’t Believe Anti-Union Smear Campaign   More...

L.A. Carwash Owners Face Criminal Charges for Mistreating Workers   More...


2/10/2009

Commentary: Free trade has sold out the American worker   More...

Even McCain’s Economist Says We Need Big Recovery Package   More...


2/9/2009

Obama Overturns Bush Exec. Order on Project Labor Agreements   More...

UnionBook: A Social Network for Labor   More...

Buy American Opponents: Un-American  More...


2/6/2009

600,000 Jobs Lost: How Bad Does It Have to Get for Republicans to Act?   More...


2/5/2009

AFL-CIO Announces Center for Green Jobs   More...

Steelworkers Reach Tentative Contract with Shell   More...

USA based Boeing Guarantees No Job Cuts if You Live In India   More...


2/4/2009

Pope Benedict XVI: Unions Critical to Improving Global Economy   More...

Working Families Need Jobs; Senate Republicans Want Tax Cuts for Wealthy  More...


2/3/2009

New Video Lays Out the Case for Employee Free Choice   More....


2/2/2009

World Social Forum Kicks Off in Brazil  More...


1/30/2009

Obama Reverses Bush Executive Orders, Creates Middle Class Task Force  "We cannot have a strong middle class without strong labor unions. We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent their interests."   More...


1/29/2009

House Passes Economic Recovery Bill   More...


1/28/2009

Republican Senators Say They Will Hold Up Solis Nomination   More...

Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill  More...

The Institute for Labor Studies UMKC presents "Parliamentary Procedure" class  Learn the basics of parliamentary procedure to chair or participate intelligently in meetings   More...


1/27/2009

New NLRB Chairwoman Liebman a Welcome Change  More...


1/26/2009

New Report: 30 Million Service Jobs May Be Shipped Overseas   More...

What Book Do You Want Obama to Read?   More...


1/23/2009

Gettelfinger: Everybody Has to Help Save Auto Industry   "(labor) represent only 10 percent of the cost of assembling a vehicle"  More...


1/22/2009

1,000 Machinists Approve Contract at GKN Aerospace, and More Bargaining News   More...


Click here to find listing of websites to follow inaugural ceremony.


Martin Luther King

January 15, 1929 to April 4, 1968


It's that time of year,

Missouri State Council of Machinists

Bass Tournament

Yes, it is that time of year again.  Lodge 778 needs members to show member on the eastern side of the state that we're better fisherman. 

 OK, for the real story this tournament is the only fund raiser the Council has so you can enjoy fishing and help fund the Council.

The tournament is April 18  check here for more information and entry form


1/16/2009

Click below to watch a short video

Union Heroes Save Passengers on US Airways Flight  More....


1/15/2009

‘Berman Exposed’—the Facts Behind the Smoke and Mirrors   More...

Global Unions Will Help Push Employee Free Choice   More...


1/14/2009

On Fox News, Acuff Cuts Through the Spin About Employee Free Choice   More...


1/13/2009

Machinists in St. Louis Authorize Strike, and More Bargaining News  More...


1/12/2009

House Passes Two Major Working Family Bills: Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act   More...


1/9/2009

Dues Increase or Not!  or  Hello District 9!

New Speak Out opinion from a member  More...


Machinist Give over $20,000

IAM Local Lodge 778 members raised $22,105.35 for Kansas City’s local food pantry, Harvesters. Plant collections are held 6 times a year. Even with the economic down turn the Christmas collection for 2008 surpassed the previous year by over $990. The Local’s members have rallied all workers at Honeywell including employees for DOE. Management stands side-by-side with union members seeking donations as employees enter the plant. LL 778 members have supported Harvesters for over 10 years, with yearly donation increases even as head count decreased. Lodge President Leo Berroteran said, “My thanks also go out to all the employees here at FM&T for their kind contributions that help our community to be one of the best in helping each other.”


1/9/2009

Disaster: Unemployment at 7.2 Percent. Real Rate 13.5 Percent   More...


1/8/2009

Don’t Be Fooled: ‘SOS Ballot’ Another Corporate Front Group  "this is going on in Missouri"  More...


1/7/2009

Ignoring Murders of Colombian Unionists, Bush Set to Honor Uribe   More...

Owner of N.Y. Crane Rigging Co. Indicted on Manslaughter  More...


1/6/2009

Smithfield, Republic Wins Signal New Era—If We Act  More...

Tyson Foods To Pay $500,000 For Violating Worker Safety Rules   More...


1/5/2009

Back to School to Learn Labor History   More...


1/4/2009

Retires elect New E-Board   More...


12/22/2008

Go for the Grinch Bah, humbug  More...


12/19/2008

Is Retired UAW Autoworker Dad Public Enemy No. 1?  More...

Bush’s Auto Industry Loans Come With Unfair Conditions for Workers   More...

Russian Free Trade Unions Under Attack   More...


12/18/2008

Kim Bobo on NPR: Protecting Workers’ Rights Will Help the Economy  More...

Most Workers Lose in Global Economy  Apparel workers lose their jobs because of imports. As the apparel workers go into other jobs, they compete with workers with similar qualifications and pull the wages down in those occupations.   More...


12/17/2008

Grim State Budgets Could Mean $100 Billion Shortfall  The nation’s crashing economy and deepening recession is slamming states. More...


12/16/2008

740 Research Assistants Join CWA  Research assistants at the State University of New York Research Foundation at Stony Brook overcame management’s strong anti-union effort  More...


12/15/2008

Job-Killing Republicans "first shot against organized labor"  More...


12/11/2008

  • 2009 MNPL Fund Raiser Prizes are Visa Gift Cards $500, $250 and $100.

  • IAMWA Photo Contest for 2009 is open  More...


12/11/2008

Barnacles of Class War Around Our Necks

I’m not trying to get rid of the unions but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today’s economy   More...


12/10/2008

Wal-Mart in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada officially unionized  More...


12/09/2008

Worker Sit-In Highlights the Shift in the Political Winds

250 workers in Chicago have staged a peaceful sit-in at the factory they worked at after it closed without paying them their salaries  More...


12/07/2008

Tomato Workers Win Agreement with Subway

The campaign to bring better wages and improve working conditions to Florida’s tomato fields took a big step   More...


12/05/2008

Bleeding Jobs: U.S. Loses 533,000 Jobs in November  More...

Here’s Why We Need Employee Free Choice  More...


12/02/2008

Russia: Stop attacks on auto workers union  More...


12/01/2008

91 Trade Unionists Murdered

A total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for fighting for workers’ rights worldwide   More....

Labor Department Lies

revelations about how U.S. workers and taxpayers have been deceived   More...


11/28/2008

Iran: Save the life of Farzad Kamangar

Please join with the thousands of trade unionists and human rights defenders around the world who are mobilizing in defense of Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and trade unionist who is at risk of execution.  More....


11/25/2008

CNN Ordered to Rehire 110 Workers Fired for Belonging to a Union  More...


11/24/2008

Corporate Class War: Pit Worker Against Worker

Q. Why is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds OK if the recipients are Wall Street corporations but not OK if they are Midwest automakers?

A. Automakers are unionized.   More....


11/20/2008

California Wildfire Threaten Guide Dogs of America Facility

Click here to watch Rescue story


11/19/2008

Already, over 165,000 people have watched "Your New Job." It's all over the Internet. It would be funny if it wasn't so realistic.

"Your New Job"

You may like the following video below

Click here to watch Keith Olbermann report on the intimidation of employees


11/18/2008

SEIU: Rebirth of a Blog

SEIU has re-launched its blog with new writing staff, news bulletins, action items, a clean new design, and, of course, embedded video. Bookmark it and be sure to check in regularly, as content is being updated several times per week.


11/18/2008

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Turkey: DESA leather workers fight for the right to have a union

In April 2008, hundreds of workers at Turkish leather manufacturer, DESA, which produces for Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Samsonite, Aspinal of London, Nicole Farhi and Luella, decided to join Deri Is, the Turkish leather workers union. Since then 44 workers have been dismissed and a further 50 have been forced to resign from the union. read more


"Meet the Staff | Rod Hoffman" anew article on the Speak Out page.


Trumka Speech Sets Records on YouTube

A passionate speech by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Rich Trumka on the issue of race in the U.S. presidential election is catching fire on the Internet and triggering a national debate among union members about the choices and the challenges in the upcoming election.

Click here to view a seven-minute clip of Trumka’s speech.


Grand Convention Report

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New Procedures for Winpisinger Center Airport Pick-Up

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2008 Picnic was Great!

for pictures of picnic click here


Convention Delegates Approve New Financial Plan

New Dues Structure Coming!

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Thanks to Blue Springs Harley-Davidson

David Worth of Blue Springs Harley-Davidson
sees riders off Saturday morning.

2nd Annual Ride for Guide Dogs of America is a success.

Check out the video here for more


Here's a video clip of how companies like Ford are successfully going out of the country to make their products, and, simultaneously blaming unions for not allowing similar expansion in the US. The video doesn't mention the low labor costs of construction or staffing, health care, taxes, pensions, etc.

http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189

Nice Song:  "We Can't Make It Here Anymore"
by
James McMurtry

 We Can't Make It Here Anymore by James Mcmurtry


"American Pride"

A video about how we can maintain middle class in America

click to here watch

Attention Veterans and Patriots

A member e-mailed the following web site to the Communicator with  this note.  Whether a person believes the war is right or wrong, the below video is being played out daily in our country.  I don't know that I've ever seen a clearer definition of the term "tear jerker".  PS: "tear jerker" is the right term.  A salute to a brave young Marine

Did you ever wonder about old Soldiers?  The following web site should give you something to remember.  You may want to get a Kleenex first.  http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/PASSINGOFGENERATION.HTML

The Cost of War In Iraq  Click here to see an interesting web site.

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The Women's Committee is sell t-shirts. For more information contact your Steward.

Cost of T-shirt includes a donation to Guide Dogs of America.


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