AFL-CIO Holding Town Hall Forum on Employee Free Choice Act; Pittsburgh Hilton, Monday July 11, 2005, 10:30 A.M. Until Noon.PITTSBURGH -- News from USW USW Und So Weiter (German: and so on) USW Undersea Warfare USW United Steel Workers USW US Wheat Associates USW Ultrasonic Welding USW Ultra Short Wave USW US West Telecommunications (stock symbol) : The AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. will host a Town Hall Forum on the Employee Free Choice Act, featuring: Congressman Mike Doyle; Morton Bahr, President of the Communications Workers of America Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States (the union also has locals in Canada), representing over 700,000 workers in both the private and public sectors. ; Donald Siegel, 3rd District International Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public ; and workers from the Pittsburgh area who have been trying to organize unions at Comcast. The Town Hall Forum will be held at the Pittsburgh Hilton, 600 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA on Monday, July 11, 2005 from 10:30 A.M. until Noon. The Forum will be held in Ballroom 4, Mezzanine Level Mezzanine level The period in a company's development just before it goes public. . The Employee Free Choice Act (S. 842 and H.R. 1696) was reintroduced by a bipartisan coalition of members of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. The Act would strengthen workers' rights to choose a union by requiring employers to recognize a union after a majority of workers sign cards authorizing union representation. It would also provide for mediation and arbitration of first contract disputes and authorize stronger penalties for violation of the law when workers seek to form a union. There are 38 co-sponsors of this bill in the Senate including Senator Arlen Specter. There are 191 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, including the following Representatives from Pennsylvania: Congressman Doyle, Brady, Fattah, Holden, Kanjorski, Murtha, and Schwartz. During the forum, Comcast workers engaged in union organizing campaigns will discuss their experiences in trying to form and join a union, as well as obtain a first contract. Other speakers include Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Bloomingdale, Father Jack O'Malley, and representatives of Jobs with Justice Jobs With Justice is a nationally linked network of about 40 local coalitions throughout the United States that bring together labor unions, community organizations, religious groups, and student groups to fight for workers' rights. and America Rights @ Work. The AFL-CIO, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and the Allegheny County Labor Council are co-sponsors of the forum. |
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