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Official statements, strike updates, collective bargaining dispatches, and public policy alerts from the West Virginia AFL-CIO communications bureau.
Charleston, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says that the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Across the country and here in West Virginia, thousands of people turned out over the weekend in support of Wisconsin public employees. Minority Democrats in the state Senate there are trying to stop a bill that already passed the Assembly and would take away most collective bargaining rights. Union officials here say that bill is part of an ugly pattern.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue says the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and the economic problems that started on Wall Street make it easy for some people to demonize the unions. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2011-02-28/livable-wages-working-families/wv-afl-cio-dont-demonize-wisconsin-public-employees/a18697-1#sthash.B3CD8yYG.dpuf
"When working men and women stand united across our valleys and hollows, there is no legislative hurdle we cannot overcome and no picket line we cannot hold."
Josh Sword
President, West Virginia AFL-CIO
