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Producers: Doug Cunningham & Jesse Russell
1) WIN Headlines November 08, 2010
Will the New Congress Heed the Clarion Call for Jobs Creation?
Lede: Will the new Congress heed the clarion call for jobs creation? Doug Cunningham reports.
By Doug Cunningham
Delta Revote Could Be in the Works
The National Mediation Board may have the final say over whether or not Delta Flight attendants have a revote on unionizing. Flight attendants at the airline voted to reject the union this week, but the board could force a new vote over allegations that the company interfered in balloting. Union representation at the airline was rejected by 51 percent of the flight attendants.
Delta revote could be in the works
The National Mediation Board may have the final say over whether or not Delta Flight attendants have a revote on unionizing. Flight attendants at the airline voted to reject the union this week, but the board could force a new vote over allegations that the company interfered in balloting. Union representation at the airline was rejected by 51 percent of the flight attendants.
GAO Reveals Employer Abuse of H-2B Visa Program
A study by the Government Accountability Office reveals that foreign workers who use visas to perform temporary work in the United States are often the victims of abuse. The report highlights of the country’s H-2B visa program being abused by employers. One of the stand out cases involves more than 3,800 H-2B visas being obtained for workers fraudulently. According to the Kansas City Star, which had reported on this case prior to the release of the study the foreign workers were charged fee and high rent to live in overcrowded housing.
President's Trade Deal With India Promises More than 50,000 U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
President Barack Obama began a trip to India this weekend and on Saturday he made an announcement that $10 billion in trade deals would create more than 50,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States. One of the agreements will see Boeing building 30 737s for the country.
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Just Three Of 16 Dem House Members Who Sided With GOP To Block Jobless Benefit Extensions Won Re-Election- 11/05/10
Yesterday we looked at how the makeup of the Democratic Party in the House has shifted from moderate and conservative to much more progressive. Today we look at two of the issues that may have heralded that shift. Jesse Russell has this report:
American Worker Wages Would Be $20,000 A Year Higher Without Reagan/Bush Style Tax Policies- 11/05/10
By Doug Cunningham
[David Cay Johnston]: “Think about this, the bottom 50 million workers – that’s one in three workers in America – you know what their average pay is? Six thousand dollars.”
Labor News Headlines November 4, 2010
Private Employers Add 43,000 Jobs In October, Still Short Of Numbers Needed - 11/04/10
Private employers added 43,000 jobs in October; still not type of job creation that is needed to keep pace with those entering the job market, but still better than economists had projected. Those numbers come from payroll company ADP. The overall pace of downsizing is also down, dropping 62 percent from the same time last year.
Is Media Narrative About The Election Wrong?- 11/04/10
The primary media narrative is that voters were seeking a more conservative agenda and therefore they voted out Democrats in favor of Republicans, but is that true? Jesse Russell crunches the numbers.
Flight Attendants Union Loses Delta Election Bid To Represent 20,000 Workers- 11/04/10
TBy Doug Cunningham
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA says the union narrowly lost an election at the merged Delta Airlines to represent some 20,000 flight attendants. The vote was 9216 for and 9544 against. It means Northwest Airlines flight attendants who are now part of Delta will lose their union representation after 63 years. But AFA-CWA says there was intimidation and interference in the election from Delta management and they are taking those complaints to the National Mediation Board in an effort to get a fair election free of management intimidation.
AFL-CIO President Trumka: Election Was About Jobs & The Economy, Not A Mandate For Right-Wing Policies- 11/04/10
By Doug Cunningham
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka says the election was about the economy but was not an endorsement of right-wing policies.
[Trumka]: "This election was about the economy and jobs, plain and simple. It was a mandate to fix the economy and to create jobs. Here's what it wasn't. It wasn't a mandate for the policies most Republicans campaigned on. The election wasn't an endorsement of tax cuts for the wealthy or for undermining social security or the minimum wage. It wasn't a rejection of building a middle class economy."
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Labor News Headlines November 3, 2010
New York Vies For Billions In Federal Transportation Money In Wake Of New Jersey Project Cancellation-11/03/10
Now that the state of New Jersey has rejected the ARC Tunnel and the federal government has $3.3 billion dollars to invest somewhere else, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to arrange for it to all to end up in New York State. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Gillibrand asks for the money to be invested into the Second Avenue subway project in Manhattan. Part of that project will require the MTA to invest in upgrading the infrastructure of 51 buildings along the subways line.