United Food Operation kicks off 35th annual food distribution program
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When: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Friday, January 13, 2017
Where: United Food Operation Warehouse | Institute Industrial Park, Institute, WV | (Entrance across from Institute Post Office)
United Food Operation, Inc.(UFO) celebrates its 35th year of community service with a special kickoff event on Friday, Jan. 13 at 11:00 AM. UFO is an all-volunteer organization that purchases and distributes food to 12 participating community food pantries each winter season. The group serves Kanawha and Putnam counties.
The event will recognize the growth of food insecurity in our region and role that local food pantries and the United Food Operation play in fighting hunger.
This year’s food distribution program will run from Jan. 13 through April 1. For additional background information on United Food Operation please visit the program website at unitedfoodoperation.org.
Union Members to Protest Bill Cole, Scott Walker and Their Anti-Worker Agenda
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As if he hasn’t shown enough disdain for working people, Bill Cole is bringing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to West Virginia today.
Scott Walker has built his political career on attacking unions. In Wisconsin, he pushed through Right to Work, among many other initiatives intended to lower wages and benefit big corporations, and now he’s coming here to help Bill Cole and his legislative allies this election.
Union members will gather outside their Charleston event to tell Bill Cole and Scott Walker their anti-worker agenda isn’t welcome here.
Who: Working People
What: Protest of Bill Cole and Scott Walker
When: 11:30 a.m. today, Oct. 28
Where: Corner of Capitol and Virginia Streets, Charleston
Safety Violations at Cole Business No Surprise
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The fact that Bill Cole is owner of a company that has a history of workplace safety violations that drew more than $20,000 in fines -- including one that ultimately resulted in the amputation of a worker’s hand -- comes as no surprise to West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue.
“Bill Cole and his Republican leadership team have repeatedly pushed legislation to loosen safety regulations and put in place policies that make workplaces less safe,” President Perdue said. “Bill Cole has shown a consistent pattern of placing the profit of his corporate allies far above the safety of West Virginia workers, and unfortunately that pattern appears to also hold true for Tennessee workers.”
As the Charleston Gazette-Mail noted in an article today ( https://goo.gl/K2MBRk ), government records show that S&S Screw Machine Holding Co. LLC in Sparta, Tennessee, which Bill Cole co-owns, paid more than $20,000 in fines after being cited for workplace safety violations during the past five years.
Volunteer to Help Elect Candidates Who Support Working Families
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Labor 2016 Phone Banks
Phone Banks for the Labor 2016 campaign are up and running out of the WV AFL-CIO office in Charleston (501 Leon Sullivan Way) until November 8th. Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. To volunteer, please contact Ginny Moles:
Labor 2016 Door-to-Door Campaign
Door-to-door activities are also up and running across the state and will continue Monday through Saturday until November 8th. Zone Leads will work with all volunteers as to the time of day and how many hours their schedules allow them to participate. Contact one of the below Zone Leads and s/he will provide training and all materials needed to start going door-to-door for this very important election, including the use of the MiniVAN App if this is preferable to paper walk lists.
Contact a Zone Lead to discuss.
Zone 1
- Counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler and Wetzel | Ryan Omaits – 740-298-2075
Zone 2
- Counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Mineral, Hampshire Grant and Hardy | Danny Lutz – 304-886-5771
Zone 3
- Counties of Marion and Taylor | Mark Dorsey – 304-777-7642
- Counties of Monongalia and Preston | JD Wilson – 304-919-0234
- Counties of Barbour, Harrison and Upshur | Steve Perdue – 304-203-8744
Zone 4
- Counties of Richie, Wirt, Wood and Pleasants | Andrew Stump – 304-991-6890
- Counties of Kanawha and Putnam | John Epperly – 304-747-8032
- Counties of Mason, Jackson and Roane | Dave Martin – 304-532-2842
Zone 5
- Counties of Fayette, Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Mercer, Greenbrier, Wyoming and McDowell | Wayne Rebich – 304-890-3549
Zone 6
- Counties of Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Mingo and Logan | Vikki Tully – 1-304-928-4104
Union members to protest Koch-funded group
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CHARLESTON – A group of West Virginia working people plan to protest an event to be held today in Charleston by a Koch-funded group dedicated to pursuing an anti-worker agenda intended to lower wages to the benefit of big corporations.
The West Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity is holding a “policy conference” today at Four Points by Sheraton featuring the Director of Policy for the national Americans for Prosperity group, Akash Chougule. West Virginia representatives who pushed for passage of the so-called “Right to Work” law and repeal of the state Prevailing Wage will also be in attendance, according to the invitation.
“This group is funded by out-of-state millionaires and billionaires who have absolutely no interest in helping working families or creating good-paying jobs in West Virginia,” West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue noted. “Our members will be there to point out that fact, and to remind members of the public that Bill Cole and the other legislators who carry this group’s water are only serving their own self interests, not the interests of West Virginia residents.”
What: Protest of Americans for Prosperity Event
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today, Sept. 19
Where: In front of Four Points by Sheraton, 600 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston
We are a group of more than 575 affiliated unions joined together for the common cause of fairness for all workers.
The future of the working men and women of America depends on a strong, united labor movement. The strength of that movement is in our numbers: thousands of men and women united, striving for the same common goals
- fairness, justice, and equality in the workplace.
