Local 46 Knoxville recruits via TV commercial
HFIAW Local 46 Knoxville has added a new television commercial to its recruitment efforts, highlighting the union's many contributions to the community and its members.
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Federal Mechanical Insulation Act is not union vs. non-union bill
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT), made his monthly appearance on America's Work Force Union Podcast and addressed how the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act is not a union versus non-union issue.
Robert Reich: The sharing economy will be our undoing
As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don’t know how much they’ll be earning next week or even tomorrow.
Union pension fund to invest $26 million at Westmoreland Union Manor
The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is investing $25.9 million of union and public pension capital for the rehabilitation of Westmoreland Union Manor in Southeast Portland.
Unionized labour invests in Canada
Geoff Dueck Thiessen, in his piece Make public-work bids truly open (June 29), leans upon common misguided and unsubstantiated assertions in arguing against the project labour agreements that are used in Manitoba's public works projects.
Earn While You Learn: Why Apprenticeships Are Hot
Apprenticeships can pay more than internships, and cost a lot less than college.
At a time when the cost of college is skyrocketing, and the rate of unemployment for millennials remains high, apprenticeships can be an affordable way to “earn while you learn
Time is a valuable asset for workers
America's workforce finds itself at two different polar ends. There are those struggling in largely low-income jobs who many times can't get enough hours to cover their bills. And then there are those at the professional level who are seemingly expected to work around the clock. In both instances, families are suffering.
UAW rival at VW represented by 'union avoidance' expert
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The rival group to the United Auto Workers union at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee brands itself as local, independent and free of outside influence or political agenda.
But the American Council of Employees won't divulge how it is funded, and the lawyer who recently filed the group's overdue disclosures with the U.S. Department of Labor touts his expertise in "union avoidance."
