AFL-CIO

[As published by Elvina Nawaguna in Reuters] U.S. aerospace and aviation industry leaders warned lawmakers on Thursday that a coming wave of retirements in an aging workforce could hurt both sectors and create safety issues unless the government helps more young people qualify for those jobs. Boeing Co, for instance, expects a large percentage of its […]

[As published by PAI in People’s World] WASHINGTON (PAI) – Laborers Union President Terry O’Sullivan and AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Ed Wytkind hailed President Obama’s push to get Congress to enact a $302 billion four-year mass-transit-highway construction bill. And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka? “Bring it on!” Obama launched his latest push for the legislation […]

[As published by Mark Gruenberg in PAI Union News] WASHINGTON (PAI)—Laborers Union President Terry O’Sullivan and AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Ed Wytkind hailed Democratic President Barack Obama’s push to get Congress to enact a $302 billion 4-year mass-transit-highway construction bill. And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka? “Bring it on!” Obama launched his latest push for […]

[As published by Mark Gruenberg in People’s World] HOUSTON (PAI) – Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants’ and pilots’ jobs and pay. In a scenario U.S. seafarers are familiar with, Norwegian Air International wants to become a “flag of convenience” air carrier into the U.S., by getting a flight certificate from Ireland, hiring […]

[As published by TruckingInfo] Transportation unions are pushing back against what they claim is a torrent of “wrongheaded policies and business models that threaten the quality and safety of the nation’s transportation system and middle-class jobs.” “We are taking aim at changes in our industries–and failed public policies–that are leading to the steady decline of […]

[As published by John Mulligan for Independent.ie] Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has been asked by a US union body to “carefully consider” the implications of awarding the long-haul arm of Scandinavian airline Norwegian a licence to operate its service using a base in Ireland. In a letter sent to Mr Varadkar over the weekend and […]

[As published by Travel Weekly] If you thought the airline business was complicated by laws, regulations, treaties, bureaucrats, lobbyists and legislators, keep reading, because it could get interesting. We are referring to the story of Norwegian Air International, or “Norwegian,” a new transatlantic carrier known to agency reservations systems as DY and to the Air Line […]

[As published by Ed Wytkind in the Huffington Post] These are sobering times if you believe that returning to the days when America actually built things and modernized its economy is critical to our future. From sequestration to the recent government shutdown and inaction on a real job investment platform, 2013 has been the year […]

The AFL-CIO’s just concluded quadrennial convention was an honest conversation about the labor movement’s future.  It included robust debate on a variety of issues, but perhaps most importantly, union leaders and activists pledged to seek common bond with all working people whether they belong to a union or not. Amidst all of the important work […]

[As published by Alexander Burns in Politico] Members of the AFL-CIO erupted in applause this week when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told them that their agenda was “America’s agenda.” Less certain, according to a collection of top union officials, is whether labor’s agenda is still the Democratic Party’s agenda. Assembled here for the AFL-CIO’s quadrennial […]