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Job Openings Dinner and Annual Meeting: Save the Dates! Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO Annual Delegates Awards Dinner: Thursday, December 10, 2009 Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Annual Meeting: Saturday, March 27, 2010 Health Justice Forum: Let’s discuss how to resolve the disparities and inequities of the current health care delivery paradigm, Featuring Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) with Donna Smith, California Nurses Association, Jeff Cohen, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Steve Cobble, Founder of www.AfterDowningStreet.org , Dr. Emily Queenan, Physicians for a National Health Program. Sunday, November 15, 2009, 2 to 4pm, Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY. FREE and Open to the Public. Please register and offer questions or comments at: http://www.pdagv.org/Registration_11-15-09.html (You will be eligible to win a door prize if you register in advance online.) For more information contact David Nevin (585) 388-3849. Sponsored by Progressive Democrats of Genesee Valley Foundation, Inc., Greater Rochester Community of Churches ∙ Healthcare-NOW! ∙ National Organization for Women, Greater Rochester Chapter ∙ Physicians for a National Health Program Finger Lakes Region ∙ Progressive Democrats of America ∙ Progressive Democrats of Genesee Valley ∙ Progressive Democrats of America, Ithaca ∙ Progressives In Action ∙ Rochester Interfaith Health Care Coalition ∙ Rochester and Genesee Valley Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO ∙ Single Payer New York ∙ Social Welfare Action Alliance ∙ Tompkins County Health Care Task Force ∙ www.RochesterTurning.com Mentors' Appreciation Night: Next Generation United, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO's group designed to encourage participation by union members under the age of 40, will host it's first Mentors' Appreciation Night, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 4:30-7:30pm, at IBEW Local 86, 2300 East River Road, Rochester, NY, 14623. This will be a great opportunity for Stewards, Unit Presidents, members and eveyrone who provides support in the Labor movement to mingle and learn about NGU. The evening's events will include hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and a short icebreaker. Please bring a non-perishable item to assist IBEW Local 86's Food Drive, and don't forget the 50/50! For more information please contact, Julie Schmidtke (OPEIU Local 277) at julie@nilico.com (585) 301-1920. Congrats to Barry Porsch, Labor's Candidate: [As Reprinted from the Finger Lakes Times] Republican easily wins Seneca County job over Mascari. In a race that many thought would be close, Republican Barry Porsch easily won the election Tuesday as Seneca County's next district attorney. Porsch tallied 5,263 votes to win a four-year term, defeating Democrat Robert Mascari, who received 2,427 votes. For more of this story, click on or type the URL below: http://www.fltimes.com/articles/2009/11/04/news/doc4af1b8b4edc0e399480214.txt Thank you to all Finger Lakes Labor Assembly representatives who assisted with Labor 2009 in support of Barry Porsch. Rotenberg and Company Services Canceled: In a letter to Rotenberg and Company, Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO President, Jim Bertolone said, "This letter is notification that Rochester Area Local APWU 215 is terminating your services effective immediately. Please be advised that this has nothing to do with the excellent service provided us by CPA John Worboys. However, your agreements with LeFrois Construction in the new building are problematic for our brothers and sisters in the Allied Building and Construction Trades." To read the full letter, please click here: http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/d/sp/i/82089/pid/82089 Elmira Postal Service Reduction: Five years ago, the Elmira Post Office had the canceling operations taken out of the facility. And now, this attempt to consolidate Elmira with Rochester is not going to improve the "service". The Elmira facility currently covers an area of 3200 square miles, which includes a total of 79 offices other than Elmira, so it will have a direct effect on all those local communities. This issue alone will result in a larger decline in customer service not ony to the public but to all area businesses as well. Our local customers and communities should be provided with the best possible service and the United States Postal Service is taking that service away. In the Elmira area, the Postal Service is planning to close the Southside and Westside Stations, which would have an especially detrimental effect on senior citizens, the physically challenged, and residents who rely on public transportation. Services are being cut at the customers expense, so the Post Office can say, "they can save money." Our Local is currently contacting all local town, village and city offices to insure that they are up to date with the current plans of the United States Postal Service, and how this will effect their communities as well. With 55 jobs to be effected, the Local has not been notified as to where those employees will be excessed out of the Elmira area. -John Dahl - President and Vicky Shaban - VP, APWU Local 2255. Foodbank Donations Being Collected: Foodbank Collections Begin for Fall and Winter Seasons: IBEW Local 86 has asked members to donate canned/non-perishable goods and will continue collecting donations throughout the winter. Please remember to bring your donation to the next RLC Delegates meeting. Union Made Vehicles: For those who want to drive union-made wheels, here's a list of 2010 vehicles made by UAW and CAW members in the US and Canada: http://www.uaw.org/news/newsarticle.cfm?ArtId=565 Press release here: http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/auto/2010/index.cfm EPI Reports: EPI’s EconomyTrack.org offers exclusive data, tools for decoding economic data and trends: For anyone who’s ever felt baffled by the twists and turns of the economy and has wished for a one-stop website to help make sense of it all, the gift-giving season has arrived early. The Economic Policy Institute’s new interactive website www.economytrack.org combines the latest economic data with historic, demographic, and geographic information into an easy-to-use package where site users can find and combine the information they are most interested in. CLICK HERE to find out more. Recession widening underemployment among various demographic groups: As an example of the rising underemployment rates among various demographic groups, EPI researcher Kathryn Edwards charts the increasing underemployment rates among black, Hispanic and various education groups in today’s Snapshot. The charts show that pre-existing disparities among some groups within the labor market have become more pronounced over the course of the recession. For more information on how specific demographic groups are fairing in the recession go to EPI’s new web site, EconomyTrack.org. NYS AFL-CIO Legislative Alert: NYS AFL-CIO Legislative Department: http://www.nysaflcio.org/index.cfm?zone=view_page.cfm&page=Legislative20Issues Other Significant Topics: National Week of Action: Call Congress for Health Care http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Kpa2q4d12aAv/ Join Biden in Live Webcast on the Economy and the Middle Class Today http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/K7a2q4d12aAf/ Here's What Health Care Reform Means for Working Families http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Dpa2q4d12aAX/ 'Economy Track' Tells Story Behind the Numbers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/D7a2q4d12aAB/ Clean Energy Could Create 850,000 New Jobs http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Dda2q4d12aAc/ Working Families Win in U.S. House Elections http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Kda2q4d12aAr/ Merrilee Milstein Scholarship Helps Build Next Gen of Union Organizers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/K1a2q4d12aA4/ Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now: http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Zda2q4d12aAt/ Senate Clears the Way for Vote on Aid for Jobless Workers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/11a2q4d1NBAh/ Burmese Refugees Battle Oppression in U.S. Plant http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/C1a2q4d1NBAm/ Global Unions Condemn Mexico's Move to Bust 44,000-Member Union http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Cpa2q4d1NBAy/ Dingell Explains Decades-Long Quest for Health Reform, and Other News http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/C7a2q4d1NBAU/ California Nurses, Catholic Healthcare West Set Benchmark for Containing Pandemics http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/california-nurses-catholic-healthcare-west-set-benchmark-for-containing-pandemics/ New Jersey Votes for Governor--More Ethics Questions for Christie http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/new-jersey-votes-tomorrow-for-governormore-ethics-questions-for-christie/ Mediation Board Proposes Changes to Democratize Union Elections at Airlines, Rail http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/mediation-board-proposes-changes-to-democratize-union-elections-at-airlines-rail/ House Health Reform Bill Debate Begins, and Other Health Care News http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/house-health-reform-bill-debate-begins-and-other-health-care-news/ Highlights from 'Building the New Economy' http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/highlights-from-building-the-new-economy/ 22,000 L.A. Workers Win Pact with City that Saves Jobs--and More Bargaining News http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/11/02/22000-la-workers-win-pact-with-city-that-saves-jobsand-more-bargaining-news/ BP Hit with Largest-Ever OSHA Fine of $87 Million http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/H1a2q4d1MaAS/ Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/H7a2q4d1MaA_/ Unemployment Insurance Must Be Extended for Struggling Workers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Hpa2q4d1MaAA/ Check Out Online Resource Center for Wage Theft http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/G1a2q4d1MaAM/ Shuler to IBEW: Let's Fight for Jobs http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Hda2q4d1MaAL/ Alliance for Retired Americans Fights for Reform, and Other Health Care News http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Tpa2q4d1MaAz/ Washington Workers and Supporters Rally to Save People With Disabilities http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Gda2q4d1MaAN/ Tanker Contract: Corporate Serfdom or Quality Jobs? http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Q7a2q4d1AB_-/ Manufacturing Crucial for Building New Economy http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Q1a2q4d1AB_G/ Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/R7a2q4d1AB_Z/ House Health Reform Bill Would Cover Millions--Affordably http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Ppa2q4d1AB_H/ Trumka: Bank Bailout Language in Proposed House Financial Services Committee Bill Doesn't Work http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Rda2q4d1AB_K/ Time Running Out to Rebuild the U.S. Economy http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/R1a2q4d1AB_D/ CWA Cautions Frontier Shareholders on Verizon Transaction http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/P7a2q4d1AB_T/ Democrat & Chronicle, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - "Marchers Seek Justice for Mom Slain Two Years Ago" http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090930/NEWS01/909300335/Marchers+seek+justice+for+mom+slain+two+years+ago&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL Rochester Business Journal Daily Report, Friday, September, 25, 2009 - "Unshackle Upstate Proposals Receive Strong Support" http://www.rbj.net/fullarticle.cfm?sdid=80166 Democrat & Chronicle, Saturday, August 8, 2009 - "Council Blew It On RenSquare" http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/80458/pid/38068 Irondequoit Post, Thursday, August 6, 2009 - "Apprenticeship Programs Are Good for Irondequiot" http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/80459/pid/38068 RNews, Thursday, July 2, 2009 - "Out-of-Work Group Challenges Rochester Mayor" http://www.rnews.com/content/top_stories/476145/out-of-work-group-challenges-rochester-mayor/?RegionCookie=2004 National News Stories: CNNMoney, Monday, September 28, 2009 - "5 Most Overpaid CEO's" http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0909/gallery.highest_paid_worst_CEOs/index.html Manufacturethis.org, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - "China Is Dumping Solar Panels in US Market" http://www.manufacturethis.org/2009/08/26/china-is-dumping-solar-panels-in-us-market/ www.rollcall.com, Friday, August 14, 2009, 2009 - "Specter to Support Cloture on Card Check" http://www.rollcall.com/news/37775-1.html?ET=rollcall:e5342:80076554a:&st=email Manufacturethis.org, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - "Chinese Tire Emissary Rolls Into DC" SouthCoastToday.com, Saturday, August 8, 2009 - "Your View: Non-union Contractors Never Shut Out" http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/80460/pid/38068 Irene Jay Liu, Timesunion.com - June 5, 2009: Unions Joining Gay [Rights] Fight http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=807215&category=REGION November 02 150 arrested in IWW free speech fight, Spokane, Wash. - 1909 Railroad union leader & socialist Eugene V. Debs receives a million votes for President while imprisoned - 1920 President Reagan signs a bill designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January - 1983 November 03
November 04
Some 3,000 dairy farmers demonstrate in Neillsville, Wisc., ultimately leading to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk were dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, some cheese plants were bombed during the fight - 1933 After a struggle lasting more than two
years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/ Firestone win
a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their
original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded
that the workers accept 12-hour shifts -
1996 Everett, Wash., massacre, at least seven Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing - 1916 Some 12,000 television and movie writers
begin what was to become a three-month strike against producers
over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television
shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from
work delivered over the Internet - 2007 November 06 November 07 President Eisenhower’s use of the Taft-Hartley Act is upheld by the Supreme Court, breaking a 116-day steel strike - 1959 Lemuel Ricketts Boulware dies in Delray Beach, Fla. at age 95. As a GE vice president in the 1950s he created the policy known as Boulwarism, in which management decides what is "fair" and refuses to budge on anything during contract negotiations. IUE President Paul Jennings described the policy as "telling the workers what they are entitled to and then trying to shove it down their throats." - 1990 November 08 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces plans for the Civil Works Administration to create four million additional jobs for the Depression-era unemployed. The workers ultimately laid 12 million feet of sewer pipe and built or made substantial improvements to 255,000 miles of roads, 40,000 schools, 3,700 playgrounds, and nearly 1,000 airports (not to mention 250,000 outhouses still badly needed in rural America) - 1933 [ Bruce Popper, Vice-President, 1199SEIU, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Remarks http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/d/Articles/pid/38068 Jim Bertolone, President, R&GV Area Labor Federation, It's Wrong to Blast Union Release Time http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/74642 Jim Bertolone, President, R&GV Area Labor Federation, Make US Healthier & Wealthier http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/72105 Bruce Popper, Vice-President, 1199SEIU, Labor Day Remarks http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/72270 Jim Bertolone, President, R&GV Area Labor Federation, Stewardship Is Key http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/71361 Upcoming Labor Council Meetings: Next Generation United, General Meeting: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 5:30pm, NYSUT, Rochester, NY Chemung/Schuyler Labor Assembly, General Meeting: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 6pm, CWA 1111, Elmira, NY Rochester Labor Council, Executive Committee: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 5pm, IBEW Local 86, Rochester, NY Rochester Labor Council, Delegates: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7pm, IBEW Local 86, Rochester, NY Finger Lakes Labor Assembly, General Meeting: Monday, November 16, 2009, 5:30pm, IBEW Local 840, Geneva, NY Rochester Labor Council, COPE: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 5pm, NYSUT, Rochester, NY Steuben/Livingston Labor Council: No meeting in November. For More Calendar Updates or to register for events, please visit www.rgvalf.org and select "Events" Cornell ILR Classes: For detailed listings of announced seminars & classes, please visit www.rgvalf.org Finger Lakes Occupational Health & Safety: http://www2.envmed.rochester.edu/envmed/occmed/fingerlakeswelcome.html Job Openings: For detailed job postings, please visit www.rgvalf.org Do you know someone NOT currently receiving the Mobilizer? Have them visit our new website www.rgvalf.org and sign up. Published by the Rochester
& Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, an AFL-CIO "Union
Cities" Area Labor Federation whose 300 affiliated union locals
represent 100,000 union members in the Rochester & Finger
Lakes region of New York State. JAMES V. BERTOLONE,
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