Labor Upfront Newsletters

I’ve always wanted a button that reads, “Workers of the world unite, back by popular demand” — almost as long as I’ve wanted one that says, “May Day, made in the USA.”

May Day 2008 would have been a great time for both.

In this issue:

• ILWU Calls for May Day Work Stoppages Against the War
• Action Alerts: FLOC, No Colombia FTA
• Another important step towards global unionism
• Iranian TU finally released
• Loss of factory jobs=more on food stamps
• Week of action unites students, workers
• Unions challenge Bush ‘no match’ plan
• Join McCain Revealed team
• Union Jobs (still more needed!)

In This Edition:

• Labor Calls for a Green Economy
• A Union at a Toyota Plant?
• DC Sick Days
• American Axle update
• HR 676 and Labor update
• AFL-CIO Launches "McCain Revealed"
• News from the Labor Commission
• Union Jobs (still more needed!)

The United Auto Workers struck American
Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday when no deal was reached on a new labor pact. The largest proportion of American Axle parts are for GM’s pickups and SUVs. Affected are more than 3,600 workers in plants in Michigan and New York.

Getting carried away with your own rhetoric is rarely a good thing. Tom Buffenbarger, president of the Machinists' union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), did just that in a “warm-up” speech for Hillary Clinton the night of the Wisconsin primary win by Barack Obama.

In this edition:

- Colombia Free Trade: Just say no to murderers
- Action Alert: “Shame on Elaine” campaign
- Striking Mexican Miners update
- MI fights misclassification
- The economic stimulus fight isn’t over yet
- Smithfield Foods Update
- Election 08 update
- Union Jobs (More Needed!)

In This Newsletter:

• Economic Stimulus Plan
• Action Alerts: UE, CLUW, CWA
• Dangers of Columbia Free Trade
• Support the Mexican Miners
• LA Security Workers Victory
• Portland School Workers Fight Back
• Don't forget about the Congressional Races!
• Union Jobs (More Needed!)