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LETTER
News from the
AfL-cIo, ctw,
INterNAtIoNAL &
NAtIoNAL UNIoNs
Organized labor declared the
November 8 ballot results show Americans
reject the “extremist” policies of the
Republican Party and displayed the power
of working people to push back against the
GOP’s anti-union agenda. After Ohio voters
overwhelmingly rejected a law restricting
public employee unions’ bargaining rights,
AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka said the
results were a defeat for “those who spend
their time scapegoating workers and pushing
a partisan agenda.” Karen M. White,
political director of the National Education
Association, remarked, “Attacking education
and other public employees is not at all
what the public wants to see. It should resonate
with politicians that they’ve gone too
far.” A survey released after the Ohio voting
found that two-thirds (66 percent) of those
voting say they favor public sector collective
bargaining, including a 60 percent majority
of independents and even a significant minority
(43 percent) of Republicans.
The National Taxi Workers
Alliance (NTWA) recently affiliated with
the AFL-CIO, the first nontraditional labor
group to join the AFL-CIO since the
1960s, when the United Farm Workers
were admitted to the labor union federation.
The NTWA, the 57th organization in
the AFL-CIO, were admitted as National
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AFL-CIO Head Richard Trumka. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from Jobs for Justice.
Organizing Committee. Taxi drivers are
treated as independent contractors under
the National Labor Relations Act, unable
to engage in traditional collective bargaining.
The affiliation of the NYTWA represents
the AFL-CIO’s boldest step to bring
all worker groups into the mainstream of
organized labor. In presenting their charter,
AFL-CIO President Trumka noted
that New York taxi drivers have “organized
and exercised enough collective power to be
treated by the Taxi Commissioner and the
Mayor as if they were still a regular union. It
wasn’t easy, but today they’re breaking new
ground as they build power for immigrant
taxi drivers in a growing number of cities.”
U.S. building trades unions
negotiated a Project Labor Agreement
(PLA) with TransCanada to build the
proposed $7 billion Keystone Gulf Coast
Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone XL).
The pipeline will send oil 1,700 miles from
the Athabasca Oil Sands in northeastern
Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and
Oklahoma, and further to the U.S. Gulf
Coast. The pipeline is estimated to create
20,000 construction and manufacturing
jobs in the U.S. during the construction
phase. Work includes welders, pipefitters,
heavy equipment operators, engineers and
many other trades. Another 118,000 spinoff
jobs are also expected to be generated by
local businesses benefitting from workers
staying in hotels, eating in restaurants and
TransCanada buying equipment and supplies.
Unions signing the PLA include the
United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters,
International Union of Operating
Engineers, International Brotherhood of
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Teamsters, Laborers’ International Union
of North America and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Two significant retirements
were announced in November. American
Federation of State, County & Municipal
Employees President Gerald McEntee said
he will not run for reelection in June when
his two-year term expires, and New York
State Federation of Labor President Denis
Hughes will retire December 16, when the
state labor union federation holds its next
board meeting. McEntee, 76, has led the
nation’s largest public employee union for
30 years. Under his leadership the union
grew from 900,000 to 1.4 million members.
According to media reports, McEntee said
he would endorse the union’s secretarytreasurer,
Lee A. Saunders, as his successor.
Hughes has served as president of the
state AFL-CIO, largest in the AFL-CIO,
since March 1999. His third term was set
to expire August 2012. The state fed executive
board named Hughes’ chief of staff,
Mario Cilento, to serve the remainder of his
term when a new president will be selected.
Hughes has been a member of International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3
for 43 years.
INterNAtIoNAL
LAbor News
The Australian Workers Union
(AWU) reported that thousands of workers
of global mining company Rio Tinto have
expressed fear of losing their jobs as a result
of the company’s plan to sell off parts of its
aluminum business. AWU National secretary
Paul Howes said the move could affect
5,000 workers. The union said that it did not
receive any advanced warning from the company
prior to its announcement nor has the
company consulted with union representatives.
Rio Tinto said it will sell 13 of its aluminum
units, including refineries and smelters,
to reorganize its Alcan aluminum business.
Rio Tinto said its share in six Australian
and New Zealand assets will be turned over
to Pacific Aluminum before being sold. The
company also will shed seven other operations
in France, Germany, the U.S. and U.K.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from renielet.
Singapore’s National Trades
Union Congress (NTUC) called on the
Government to consider introducing more
“control measures,” such as tests, to fill a
vacancy with a Singaporean company before
employment passes can be approved.
The trade union center issued the statement
in response to a call from Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong for recommendations on
guidelines for fair employment and responsible
recruitment practices. The NTUC
noted that some companies hire foreign
workers as they were willing to work for
lower wages and there was no quota at employment
pass levels. The NTUC also said
there was a growing trend of some companies
hiring more experienced foreign talent
at the expense of local diploma and tertiary
school graduates. “If left unchecked, there
would be more instances of concentration
of foreign manpower, possibly from the
same nationality within companies. Our
Singaporean core will be undermined,” the
labor group warned.
International trade representatives
attending the Maritime and Mining
Conference in Durban, South Africa, recently
pledged a global campaign to “force
a recovery” of the remains of those killed
in the Pike River mine disaster. More than
250 representatives of 20 unions unanimously
adopted the resolution on Pike
River, which had been discussed with
family members of the deceased miners.
Twenty-nine miners perished when a series
of devastating explosions ripped through
the New Zealand coal mine almost a year
ago. There are fears that the men’s bodies
will never be recovered now that the potentially
profitable mine is in the hands of
receivers and potential new owners. New
Zealand trade union officials have already
warned no miners will work the pit until
the remains of the deceased are brought to
the surface.
NAtIoNAL &
PoLItIcAL eVeNts
A new corporate study found
that 280 of America’s biggest companies
paid taxes equal to 18.5 percent of the official
corporate rate of 35 percent and far
lower than their competitors in other industrialized
countries. The study, prepared
by Citizens for Tax Justice, used information
from the companies’ own filings to
show that a quarter of the 280 corporations
owed less than 10 percent of profits in federal
income taxes and 30 companies had
no federal tax liability for the entire threeyear
period. “Companies that are paying
their fair share ought to demand that the
tax-dodging companies pay their fair share
too,” said Robert S. McIntyre, author of
the study. “So should the public, which
is subsidizing them in terms of increased
federal debt.”

Creative America, an anti-piracy
coalition, called for congressional passage
of the Protect IPA, which gives law enforcement
expanded powers to shut down
websites which infringe on copyrights or
trademarks. The coalition is supported by
the Screen Actors Guild, major entertainment
studios and the AFL-CIO. The measure
stalled in the Senate after clearing the
Senate Judiciary Committee in May, and a
House version is expected to be introduced
soon. Creative America recently announced
the launch of a national education campaign
to inform the public about the economic
impact of copyright infringement.
According to Creative America, more than
500,000 movies are illegally distributed every
day on websites that offer stolen content.
Proposed legislation was
introduced in both houses of Congress
that impose a financial speculation tax of
.03 percent on trading in stocks and bonds.
The bills, called the Wall Street Trading
and Speculators Tax Act, are sponsored
by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep.
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Creative Commons from b00nj.
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.). Known as the
“Robin Hood tax”, a similar measure has
been proposed by the European Commission
on trading activities in the Euro-zone.
The proposal has widespread support from
many groups, including labor, and activists
involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The topic was a subject of discussion
at the recent G-20 meeting in Cannes. Multibillionaire
Microsoft founder Bill Gates
also joined the call, traveling to Cannes to
urge G-20 leaders to consider the tax and
other innovative ways to help poor nations.
regIoNAL &
LocAL LAbor
News
More than 1,800 Teamsters are
on strike at US Foods facilities in Illinois,
Missouri, New York, Indiana, Minnesota,
and New Jersey, reported the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters in a statement. In
Fife, WA, 100 members of Teamsters Local
117 and 200 members of Teamsters Local
455 in Englewood, CO, walked off their
jobs November 4 in solidarity with Teamsters
across the country on strike against
the Rosemont, IL food service giant. The
initial job action began in October with
maintenance workers represented by Local
722 members at US Foods in Streator, IL,
striking in response to the company’s unfair
labor practices during contract bargaining.
The Teamsters Union represents about
4,000 employees at US Foods at 25 distribution
centers throughout the nation.
Car wash workers in Los Angeles
signed a union contract on October 25 with
Bonus Car Wash, making them the first and
only union car wash in the nation. The twoyear
pact covers 30 workers and includes a
two percent wage increase, health and safety
protections, grievance and arbitration procedures
and protections for workers if the
car wash is sold. They will be members of
the United Steel Workers Union. Led by
the local AFL-CIO, labor groups formed
the Community Labor Environmental Action
Network (CLEAN) in March 2008 to
lead organizing efforts among the estimated
10,000 workers who work at the 500 car
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Carwash Worker. Flickr.com photo used under
Creative Commons from cstreet360.
washes in the Los Angeles area. Car wash
workers are notoriously exploited because
the industry’s work force is largely undocumented
immigrants who are afraid to speak
out. “This contract is an absolutely historic
tide change for the carwash industry,”
said Chloe Osmer, Acting Director of the
CLEAN Carwash Campaign.
In what is considered an
organizing breakthrough, the United Food
and Commercial Workers won an NLRBsupervised
election to represent 1,760 food
production employees at the National Beef
Packing Co. slaughter and fabrication
plant in Liberal, KS. The vote, announced
November 5, was 863-671 in favor of the
union. A spokesperson for the union told
the news media that the election win is the
largest in the packing house industry in the
last 10 years. The union said the workforce
consisted mostly of Spanish, Laotian and
Vietnamese labor and the campaign was
sparked by the death of three employees
resulting from an accident that occurred
at the beginning of the organizing effort.
Wages, health care, job security, and speed
of the production line were major issues in
the election, the union reported.
The Alabama AFL-CIO and
other members of the Alabama New South
Coalition held a “leadership summit” November
19 in Montgomery to discuss the
state’s new immigration law, joblessness and
other concerns. ‘‘Creating jobs is our No.1

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issue,” said Alabama AFL-CIO President
Al Henley. ‘‘If tax cuts worked, we’d be
overwhelmed with jobs right now. We’ve
got a lot of brainstorming to do. Maybe this
summit will be one avenue we can use to
come up with some good ideas,” said Henley.
The unemployment rate in Alabama was
9.8 percent in September and 9.9 percent in
August, according to the state Department
of Industrial Relations. Other members of
the coalition include the Hispanic Interest
Coalition of Alabama, Alabama Arise,
Greater Birmingham Ministries and additional
church, civic and community groups.
Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA (AFA) recently won
a National Mediation Board election to
represent some 400 flight attendants with
Omni International Airlines. The union
won by a margin of 83 percent. Based in
Tulsa, OK, Omni Air operates international
and domestic passenger charters. In
addition, Omni also provides cargo and
troop airlift for the U.S. military. “We look
forward to the contributions Omni Flight
Attendants will bring to our union and
stand beside them as they work to advance
their careers,” said AFA International
President Veda Shook. Mya Grap, who
was appointed AFA president at Omni
until an election is held for new officers,
said the union intended to win a “contract
that recognizes our roles as first responders.”
“Omni Flight Attendants make great
contributions to the success of our carrier
and to our country through our work with
the U.S. military,” she said.
IN the PUbLIc
sector
After months of bargaining,
New York’s 52,000-member Public Employees
Federation agreed to a new four-year
contract that avoids 3,500 layoffs by freezing
pay for three years and raising health care
premiums. Members will get a two percent
wage hike in the fourth year. The vote was
the second after members had earlier turned
down a similar offer. The 66,000-member
Civil Service Employee Association approved
a concessionary contract in August.
CSEA’s five-year contract does not include
raises for the first three years. There will be
a 2 percent raise in both the fourth and fifth
years, but health-insurance contributions
also have been increased. Both unions comprise
about two-thirds of the state workforce.
According to news reports, a handful
of other unions have yet to negotiate new
pacts. The state, under financial pressure,
has claimed that a total of $450 million in
concessions are needed this fiscal year, which
ends March 31, to avoid layoffs.
More than 1,400 Army civilian
personnel specialists at the U.S. Army Human
Resources Command in Ft. Knox, KY,
Omni International Flight. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from hartlandmartin.
voted 302-81 to join the American Federation
of Government Employees. The specialists
provide human resources services to
soldiers, veterans, retirees and Army families.
“These HR employees ... deserve all of
the workforce rights and protections that
union membership provides,” AFGE National
President John Gage said in a statement.
According to AFGE, they will form
a new bargaining unit “that will represent
more than 1,400 employees within the Human
Resources Command (HRC), which
is the largest public or private HR organization
in the world.” The employees will be
part of AFGE Local 2302, which also represents
employees in five other bargaining
units at Ft. Knox.
sIgNIfIcANt
LegAL AND NLrb
DecIsIoNs
The National Labor Relations
Board issued a Final Rule that requires
most private-sector employers to notify employees
of their rights under the National
Labor Relations Act by posting a notice.
The rule goes into effect January 31, 2012.
Federal contractors also must display similar
postings of workplace rights. The notices
must be at least 11x17 inches. Employers
must further post the notice on an intranet
or internet website if personnel rules and
other policies are customarily posted there.
“The Board believes that many employees
protected by the NLRA are unaware of
their rights under the statute and that the
rule will increase knowledge of the NLRA
among employees, in order to better enable
the exercise of rights under the statute. A
beneficial side effect may well be the promotion
of statutory compliance by employers
and unions,” the board said.
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LeaDers Praise
OhiO VOte
(Below are excerpts from statements issued
by America’s labor leaders concerning
the historic victory on November 8, when
Ohio voters rejected anti-union legislation
restricting collective bargaining rights for
public employees.)
Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
“One message rang loud and clear tonight
in Ohio and across the country: those
who spend their time scapegoating workers
and pushing a partisan agenda will only
strengthen the resolve of working people.
From the very beginning, it’s been clear that
Gov. Kasich, and indeed many politicians,
were pushing an agenda that was about politics,
not about solving our nation’s problems
or creating jobs … Politicians in Ohio and
across the country should finally understand
that working people will fight hard to ensure
the survival of the middle class, and politicians
who fight battles for the richest 1 percent
will find their radical efforts stopped by
the voices of working people.”
Joe Hansen, International President, United
Food & Commercial Workers
“The repeal of Senate Bill 5 is bigger
than just one law or one state. It sends a message
to all those who would try to silence the
voice of American workers: you do so at your
own peril. It shows that the right to bargain
collectively for a better life is fundamental —
not some perk that can be stripped away on a
whim. The votes cast today in Columbus and
Cleveland and everywhere in between will
have aftershocks in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana,
and Washington D.C. ... Today’s vote
shows that we are fighting back. And better
yet, we are winning. I am proud of the UFCW
and its members for their great work in Ohio.
We understand that an attack on one worker
— whether public or private sector, union or
non-union — is an attack on all workers. We
are proud to be part of diverse coalition of activists,
including the entire labor movement,
who dedicated countless hours to the fight for
workers’ rights in Ohio.”
Mary Kay Henry, President, Service
Employees International Union
“Tonight, all over the nation, the 99
percent — firefighters, teachers, nurses, bus
drivers, snowplow drivers, bridge inspectors
and social workers — are cheering because in
Ohio, working people sent a message loud and
clear that they will not be easy prey for extremist
politicians who put political ideology above
the best interests of working people. For every
candidate who thinks the people who tend to
the sick, protect our communities, teach our
children, and run into burning buildings will
be easy targets; think again. In the streets of
Ohio and states across the country, people are
standing together to say: ‘No More.’”
Randi Weingarten, President, American
Federation of Teachers
“The repeal of Senate Bill 5 resulted
from an incredible grass-roots campaign that
engaged citizens from all corners of the state.
More than 10,000 volunteers collected 1.3
million signatures to place Issue 2 on the ballot,
and then worked tirelessly to make sure
their families, friends and neighbors understood
what was at stake. These volunteers
knew that when teachers have a voice in the
workplace, they are better advocates for children.
They knew that families are healthier
when nurses can speak out for better care and
more staffing. And they knew that their communities
are safer when firefighters and police
officers have a say when it comes to staffing
to reduce response times or obtaining needed
safety equipment like defibrillators. It’s now
time for all Ohioans to work together to address
the challenges that lie ahead: providing
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Columbus Ohio Protest. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from radstu.
all our children a great education, rebuilding
our infrastructure and putting our people
back to work.”
Gerald McEntee, President, American
Federation of State, County &
Municipal Employees
“Tonight, Ohioans delivered a clear
message to corporate-backed politicians
across the country that we will no longer stay
silent as Wall Street tries to steal the American
Dream. This was a brazen attempt to silence
the voice of the 99 percent; the voters
saw through it and vetoed it. A Main Street
movement has begun and tonight we sent a
message to all politicians to end the attacks
on the economic and retirement security of
the working middle class.”
Mark W. Ayers, President, AFL-CIO
Building & Construction Trades Dept.
“By exercising their right to reject a manufactured
attack on the collective bargaining
rights of workers, Ohio voters have sent a loud
and unmistakable message that the proper focus
of our nation ought to be job creation and
the expansion of economic opportunities for
all of our citizens. The fundamental right to
collectively bargain is central for the ability of
workers to pursue the American Dream and
secure fair wages and benefits for themselves
and their families … The national leadership
of the Republican Party should pay heed to
what is happening, and understand that the
middle class will continue to reject an America
that is being manipulated by a small but
powerful minority of wealthy special interests
and self-serving politicians.”

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aiL rep elected in connecticut
AIL Public Relations Team Member Patrena Smith was recently elected one of the Executive
Board Members of the Connecticut State Federation. The photo shows the new officers being
sworn in at the state AFL-CIO convention.
Ohio Defeats sb5
In a major victory for labor, voters in Ohio rejected a state law passed by reactionary Republicans that
restricted collective bargaining by public employees. AIL/NILICO backed repeal of the law and supported
labor’s effort to defeat it. AIL’s Anna Rohrer is shown with International Brotherhood of Teamsters President
Jim Hoffa (center) and IBT Local 100 President Butch Lewis (left) at a pre-election rally in Cincinnati.
NiLicO Joins aPWU rallies
The American Postal Workers Union recently
launched a campaign to defend jobs and service
at the United States Postal Service. AIL/NILICO
participated in many recent rallies held around the
nation in support of the campaign. In Newburgh,
N.Y., NILICO’s Gerry Twomey stands next to the
president of the local APWU.
cFL’s ramirez honored
by Loyola
Jorge Ramirez, president of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, was among the recipients of the Rerum
Novarum Awards at the 21st Annual Seminary Salute
to Labor, Business and Government presented by
St. Joseph College Seminary at Loyola University
of Chicago. Shown at the presentation are (left to
right) Sue Gilbert AIL PR Representative, President
of the Chicago Federation of Labor Jorge Ramirez,
Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and
Rona Pileggi Spano AIL PR Representative.
OPeiU bus highlights ingerick
Office & Professional Employees International
Union recently conducted an outreach among
younger professionals using a bus that featured AIL/
NILICO PR Rep and Local 277 member Jessica
Ingerick. Ingerick, Local 277 Financial Secretary, is
a member of the Board of Directors of the Young
Trade Unionists of the Metro Baltimore Council, AFL-
CIO which works to encourage the involvement of
young workers in the labor movement.

NNU campaigns for “robin hood” tax
A proposed tax on Wall Street transactions, known as the “Robin Hood” tax, is garnering international support.
National Nurses Union launched a campaign in support of the tax and recently held a National Day of Action
to Tax Wall Street with demonstrations in 21 states. AIL/NILCO supported the events nationwide. In the photo,
AIL’s Melissa Zeller (front right) joins nurses activists in Tampa.
Occupy Wall street movement spreads
The Occupy Wall Street Movement spread across the U.S. and around
the world as millions of people vented their anger over corporate greed
and the excesses of Wall Street. AIL/NILICO representatives supported
and participated in many of these events. In the photo, Occupy Seattle
marchers take to the streets in Olympia. In Oklahoma, AIL’s Tim O’Connor
reads a support statement from Oklahoma Labor to the Occupy OKC
demonstrators in Oklahoma City.
Progressive Group
holds summit
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Campaign for America’s Future, one of the largest
progressive groups in the nation, recently held a
national meeting that brought together labor and
progressive activists from around the country
to discuss political and community organizing
strategy. AIL/NILICO was among the participants
in the awards dinner (in photo) which honored
outstanding individuals from the past year including
former Secertary of Labor and current LAB Member
Ray Marshall.

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banned Labor
murals Displayed
In a controversial act that attracted national
attention, Republican Maine Governor Paul
LePage had murals removed in March from the
State's Department of Labor building that honored
organized labor. AIL/NILICO New England Public
Relations Manager Susan Kelleher reports that AIL
is supporting a traveling display of replicas of the
originals which recently spent a week at national
AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. Shown
in the photo are Charles Scontras, Labor Historian at
the University of Maine, and Judy Taylor, creator of
the original mural, speaking at the Maine AFL-CIO
28th Biennial Convention.
Happy Holidays
from the Labor Advisory Board,
staff & officers of
YtD cONtribUtiONs
Listed below are contributions made on behalf of AIL/NILICO, its State General Agents, and directed
by the Labour Advisory Board. All contributions were made between June and December, 2011, and
YTD contributions totaled $1,003,088.
• AlbertA FederAtion oF lAbour
for the Alberta Federation of Labour’s 17th
Canadian Annual Kid’s Camp
• AlliAnce For retired AmericAns in
support of their conference in September
• AmericAn lAbor museum in support of
the 29th Annual Sol Stein Awards Gala
• AmericAns For democrAtic Action
in support of their 64th Annual Awards Dinner
as supported by the UFCW
• A. PhiliP rAndolPh institute as a
bronze level sponsor at the APRI’s National
Education Conference
• ArizonA educAtion AssociAtion
legAl deFense Fund
• cAmPAign For AmericA’s Future as a
Gold Sponsor at the Take Back The American
Dream Awards Gala
• cAmPAign For migrAnt Worker
Justice in support of the Farm Labor
Organizing Committee
• cWA scholArshiP For locAl unions
• coAlition oF lAbor union Women
as a CLUW Leader at the 16th Biennial
Convention
• dr. beAr’s closet in support of
Children’s National Medical Center
• economic Policy institute
• emPire stAte college FoundAtion
as a sponsor in support of the Empire State
College Dinner honoring Morton Bahr
• emPloyment Justice center as a
Friend sponsor in support of the Employment
Justice Center 2011 Labor Day Breakfast
• Florence bernArd/AltA miller
scholArshiP Fund requested by
James Grogan, General President of Int’l
Association of Heat & Frost Insulators
• Friends oF lindell k. lee recePtion
& dinner in honor of Int’l Sec-Treas
Emeritus Lindell K. Lee from the IBEW
• guide dogs oF AmericA supported by
the Machinist Union
• helmet to hArdhAts in support
of the Center for Military Recruitment
Assessment and Veteran Employment
requested by the BCTD
• hockAmock ymcA in support of the
Hockamock YMCA in North Attleboro, MA
supported by the Elevator Constructors Union
• iron Workers in support of Iron
Workers International’s 42nd Convention
and Golf Classic
• internAtionAl FoundAtion For
electorAl systems
• internAtionAl lAbor
communicAtions AssociAtion
• JeWish lAbor committee
• Jobs With Justice educAtion Fund
in support of the 2011 National Conference
as a Gold Sponsor
• lAbour election cAmPAign in Canada
• lAbor council For lAtin AmericAn
AdvAncement
• michAel sullivAn President oF the
smWiA retirement PArty
• nAtionAl lAbor college for the
National Labor College’s "A Time To Build"
Campaign
• neW Jersey AFl-cio in support of the
New Jersey AFL-CIO Legislative/COPE
Conference
• neW york stAte AFl-cio
• ohio stAte AFl-cio (We r ohio)
in support of "No Against Issue 2"
• oPcmiA scholArshiP FoundAtion
recommended by Patrick Finley, President
of OPCMIA
• PeAce corP Fund Sponsorship at the
50th Anniversary Celebration honoring
Jules Pagano
• roosevelt institute for the 2011
Distinguished Public Service Awards
• smWiA scholArshiP FoundAtion for a
sponsor at the 31st Annual Edward Carlough
Invitational Golf Tournament
• suPPort For d.c. lAbor FilmFest
as supported by the Secretary-Treasurer of
Amalgamated Transit Union
• the king center as a Gold Sponsor at
the AFL-CIO National Symposium on Jobs
and Justice
• texAs AFl-cio scholArshiP Fund
for scholarships to high school graduates in
union families throughout Texas
• union sPortmen’s AlliAnce made
on recommendation of Newton Jones,
Int’l President of Int’l Bro. of Boilermakers,
Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO,
& Ron Ault, President of the Metal Trades
Department
• Working FAmilies mAnitobA in
support of the Manitoba Federation of Labour
Working Families Campaign
• Working FAmilies united For neW
Jersey in support of increasing participation
in the electoral process