On Oct. 21st, Teamsters rappelled down the side of a building adjacent to The Gap’s headquarters in San Francisco to bring attention to the company’s support of union-busting freight firm Oak Harbor Freight Lines.
It was an overcast afternoon but people still turned out for a very spirited rally organized in a very short time by the New York City Central Labor Council.
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain announced he would be suspending his campaign after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in order to return to Washington for negotiations on the bailout:
The McCain camp has a 698-word statement out in response to today's story that [campaign manager] Rick Davis's firm, Davis Manafort, was paid a consulting fee of $15,000 a month starting in 2005, and ending last month.
See if this sounds familiar: There is a gathering threat to the safety of the United States. We must take immediate action. Congress must quickly grant the President and the Secretary what they want and also give them full and unfettered authority to execute the plan.
In the midst of a dire economic situation, President Bush this morning characterized recent market developments as an 'adjustment' that can be painful for investors and employees of the firms, while Senator McCain said the 'fundamentals of our economy are strong.'
Great news! The California Supreme Court has ordered anti-union employer the Cintas Corporation to pay hundreds of workers the $1.65 MILLION they were owed for their backbreaking labor in industrial laundries.
