WIN Week In Review Audio: March 27-29, 2015
By Doug Cunningham At their convention in Detroit this week United Auto Workers members expressed a hunger to make serious gains in wages and other improvements in their work conditions at the Detroit...
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By Doug Cunningham Efforts against fast track authority for the TPP trade agreement are intensifying around the country. “Fast track” means the trade deal would just be presented to Congress as is...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: April 10-12, 2015
By Doug Cunningham United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) are in state-mediated talks in a bid to resolve outstanding issues in their labor negotiations. The Los Angeles school district says it’s...
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WIN Week In Review April 17-19, 2015 By Doug Cunningham [Chants]: “What’s outrageous? Poverty wages! What’s outrageous? Poverty wages! Fifteen and a union! (music)” An energized Fight For $15 movement...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: April 24-26, 2015
By Doug Cunningham [Sean McGarvey]: “When it comes to politics, especially in this day and age, it simply makes no sense to put all of our eggs in one political basket. The days of our unions being...
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By Doug Cunningham [Rich Trumka]: “Any candidate who wants to appeal to workers has to put forth a bold and comprehensive raising wages agenda. We’ve created an agenda for shared prosperity that calls...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: May 8, 2015
By Doug Cunningham UAW Secretary-Treasurer Gary Casteel says Local 42 will advance the effort to create a German-style Works Council for VW workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Casteel says UAW Local 42,...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: May 15-17, 2015
By Doug Cunningham The U.S. Senate Democratic rebellion that blocked Obama’s TPP fast track this week lasted a single day. A deal has been cut that will allow fast track to proceed. Senator Elizabeth...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: May 22-25, 2015
By Doug Cunningham National Nurses United Chant]: “We want a Robin Hood Tax! We want a Robin Hood Tax! What do we want? Free education! When do we want it? Now!” Democratic presidential candidate...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: May 29 – June 1, 2015
By Doug Cunningham More than a hundred actions opposing TPP fast track happened throughout the country during the congressional recess this week. The events focused on U.S. House of Representatives...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: June 5-7, 2015
By Doug Cunningham [Jose Oliva]: “What we found is that a lot of the claims that Walmart has around ethical sourcing are just absolutely unfounded. Many of Walmart’s claims are actually...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review: June 12-14, 2015
By JoAnne Pow!ers Last week editorial workers at Gawker Media, voted overwhelmingly to form a union. The company, which publishes popular websites such as Gawker and Jezebel, became the first major...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: June 19-21, 2015
By Doug Cunningham The U.S. House 218-208 voted Thursday to pass Trans Pacific Partnership fast track authority. GOP House leadership used a measure protecting pensions of firefighters and police as a...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: June 26-28, 2015
By Doug Cunningham [Ron Pollack]: “For those of us who have worked so hard for many years for healthcare reform, this is truly a glorious moment.” Families USA director Ron Pollack, reacting the U.S....
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By Doug Cunningham and JoAnne Pow!ers Pro-union workers at T-Mobile attempting to organize are running into anti-union tactics, even though the parent company’s German operations are union. In March a...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: July 10-12, 2015
With a Republican Governor saying he’ll approve no new spending or taxes after having reduced taxes on the state’s wealthiest citizens, the state of Illinois is facing a financial crisis, and relying...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: July 17-19, 2015
By Doug Cunningham The Association of Flight Attendants- CWA picketed United Airlines in a system-wide day of action Thursday as the union pushes for a fair labor contract. Dante Harris is President...
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By Doug Cunningham Under a strike threat by some 1200 airport workers at JFK and LaGuardia in New York, Aviation Safeguards cut a deal for “labor peace” that avoided the strike. SEIU 32 BJ President...
View ArticleWIN Week In Review Audio: July 31-August 2, 2015
By Doug Cunningham According to an unnamed source privy to the deliberations the AFL-CIO Executive Council will not be endorsing a presidential candidate in the primaries. Hillary Clinton, Bernie...
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WIN Week In Review August 5-7, 2015 By Doug Cunningham When you think of public school teachers, do you see them as bullies who should be punched in the face? New Jersey Governor and GOP presidential...
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