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Thursday: Help
security officers at LAX get a
union
Transportation security officers are on
the front line protecting more than 600 million Americans who
travel by air every year. Airport employees at LAX and across
the country also depend on TSOs to screen baggage and luggage to
prevent another terrorist attack.
But the 40,000 TSOs, including 2,000 in Los
Angeles, do not have the same right as we do to collectively
bargain to fight substandard working conditions, hostile
management practices and discrimination.
The TSOs who keep us safe should not be
second-class employees. That’s why airport workers are
holding a solidarity rally to support TSOs who are organizing
with the American Federation of Government Employees.
Rally and
March
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2:30
p.m.
At LAX
Between terminals 1 and 2
arrivals (lower level)
They’ve stood up for our safety, and now
we’re standing up for their rights!
L.A. workers
hail long awaited introduction of House bill to reform
nation’s broken immigration system
Los
Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Executive
Secretary-Treasurer Maria Elena Durazo issued the following
statement today on the introduction of the Comprehensive
Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity
Act of 2009. READ
MORE >>
It’s a
Small World: Disney & The H1N1 Virus
The
H1N1 virus continues to be a major concern for workers around
the country. Unite Here Local 11 has released a short film
entitled “It’s a Small World: Disney & The H1N1
Virus” about Disney workers who are concerned about the
H1N1 virus, and about company practices related to this issue.
We invite you to watch the film, and ask you to email it to
others and/or to post it to social networking sites. You can
view the film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbdQCHUH3IU.
Join the
E-March to Protect Public Education
Funding
The California Faculty Association,
along with allies from every part of California's public
education system, have launched an electronic march -- or
E-March -- on the Governor's office, to demand adequate funding
for public education in next year's budget proposal.
Demand that education be funded properly.
Join the E-March at http://tinyurl.com/edemarch
Pass the
Affordable Health Care for America Act
It's
just wrong to put the burden of paying for health care reform on
middle-class families, but that's exactly what the tax on
benefits in some Senate proposals does. The Senate Finance
Committee bill imposes a 40 percent tax that would hit one-third
of all individual and family plans within a few years of the law
taking effect. A direct result of this tax: Millions of
working families would face higher costs and cuts in
benefits.
The House bill gets it right. It guarantees that
employees pay their fair share by requiring them to provide
insurance or pay into a common fund so responsible employers
don't continue to pick up the tab for freeloaders. It
includes a public health insurance option to lower costs and
keep insurance companies honest. It covers 96 percent of
Americans, is entirely paid for and reduces the deficit. It
includes a surtax on the very wealthy who benefited so richly
from the Bush tax cuts. And it lets families keep the
health care they have instead of facing cuts in benefits and
higher costs.
Employment
Opportunities in Labor
Do you have an
opening at your union which you want to spread the word about?
If so, please e-mail John Kawakami at jkawakami@launionaflcio.org.
We will be sure to get it posted on our website and next
newsletter.
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