The Allegheny County Labor Council (in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) is a local branch of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The Council was issued its charter in 1961. It was formed from the merger of two pre-existing AFL central labor bodies and two pre-existing CIO central labor bodies.  Read More....

It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>>

                                             

                                                        PRIMARY ELECTION

                                                           APRIL 24, 2012

PRESIDENT                                      BARACK OBAMA

VICE PRESIDENT                             JOE BIDEN

AUDITOR GENERAL                         EUGENE DEPASQUALE

STATE TREASURER                         ROBERT MCCORD

CONGRESSIONAL  DIST #12          MARK CRITZ

CONGRESSIONAL DIST #14           MIKE DOYLE

US SENATE                                         ROBERT CASEY

SENATE DIST #43                              JAY COSTA, JR

SENATE DIST #45                              JAMES BREWSTER

SPECIAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 22

                                                               MARTIN SCHMOTZER

STATE REPRESENTATIVES

DISTRICT 16                                        ROB MATZIE

DISTRICT 19                                       JAKE WHEATLEY

DISTRICT 20                                       ADAM RAVENSTAHL

DISTRICT 21                                       DOM COSTA

DISTRICT 23                                       DAN FRANKEL

DISTRICT 25                                      JOSEPH MARKOSEK

DISTRICT 27                                      DANIEL DEASY  

DISTRICT 32                                      TONY DELUCA

DISTRICT 33                                       FRANK DERMODY

DISTRICT 34                                       PAUL COSTA

DISTRICT 35                                       MARC GERGELY

DISTRICT 36                                      HARRY READSHAW

DISTRICT 38                                      BILL KORTZ

DISTRICT 39                                      DAVID LEVDANSKY

DISTRICT 42                                      MATT SMITH

DISTRICT 44                                      MARK SCAPPE

DISTRICT 45                                     NICK KOTIK

DISTRICT 46                                     JESSE WHITE       

 

 

 

 

 

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This information came from Don Siegel of IBEW, which he recently sent to his members, I have taken the liberty to edit it to be more inclusive to the entire labor movement.

We need to organize a new generation of workers into unions. While we tend to believe that this new generation is indifferent to unions we also know that they know very little about unions.

Mr. Siegel found this link to a video about a protest against the CEO of Whole Foods who recently wrote an op ed in the Wall Street Journal about health care reform. Needless to say the CEO, John Mackey, didn’t think that the health care reform that was being proposed was worth consideration and went on to say among other things that health care is not a right but rather a privilege.

This link will take you to a 6 minute video that I think is worth your time for two reasons. Number one it takes John Mackey to task for his public denunciation of the cu rrent health care reform proposal and number two and much more importantly please take notice of the age of most of the protesters. They are certainly not from my generation and we should take some comfort in that. This group could teach some of us some new things about civil disobedience not to mention the raw courage it takes to expose your self publicly for a cause you believe in. I encourage you to watch the whole video and consider that this is the generation that we need to bring into our union.

They may not know much about unions but they sure know how to engage in concerted activity. They are creative, committed, energetic and determined when they find something that they can believe in. They are an example of what the labor movement can become if we can connect with their passions. The challenge is ours to reach out to a new generation of union members and I hope that this video shows that they are ready, if we are willing to take the time to listen to their concerns and explain how unions can be a part of the solution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APs76Cd6fbI 

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