http://insulatorslocal6.com/view/user News Feed en http://insulatorslocal6.com/ponder-%3A-nation%E2%80%99s-economy-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-another-tax-cut-wealthy <table border="0" align="left" width="22" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><img border="1" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/number_of_families.jpg" /></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></table>When the Labor Department's jobs report revealed on Friday that U.S.<p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/ponder-%3A-nation%E2%80%99s-economy-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-another-tax-cut-wealthy">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/ponder-%3A-nation%E2%80%99s-economy-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-another-tax-cut-wealthy#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/07/ponder-this-nations-economy-doesnt-need-another-tax-cut-for-the-wealthy/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:33 -0500 superuser 201 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/2-million-commercial-cooks-could-be-exposed-deadly-%E2%80%98popcorn-lung%E2%80%99 <table width="22" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><img border="1" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/popcorn.jpg" /></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> </tr></table><p class="MsoNormal">An extensive investigation by the <a target="_blank" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/344277_diacetyl21.html?source=mypi"><em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</em></a> finds the threat diacetyl poses to workers may be more widespread than previously thought.</p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/2-million-commercial-cooks-could-be-exposed-deadly-%E2%80%98popcorn-lung%E2%80%99">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/2-million-commercial-cooks-could-be-exposed-deadly-%E2%80%98popcorn-lung%E2%80%99#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/04/2-million-commercial-cooks-could-be-exposed-to-deadly-popcorn-lung/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 189 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/4%2C300-uaw-workers-ratify-contract-ford-and-more-bargaining-news <p>The Bargaining Digest is back from the holidays, with a few recent items from the weeks of Dec. 17–Jan. 4. The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, <a target="_blank" href="https://privatenet.aflcio.org/bargaining@work/">Bargaining@Work</a>.</p><p><strong>Settlements</strong></p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/4%2C300-uaw-workers-ratify-contract-ford-and-more-bargaining-news">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/4%2C300-uaw-workers-ratify-contract-ford-and-more-bargaining-news#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/07/4300-uaw-workers-ratify-contract-with-ford-and-more-bargaining-news/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 198 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/600-%2526amp%3Bt-customer-service-reps-form-union-dover%2C-n.h. <p><strong>This just in from Rand Wilson, communications coordinator in the Center for Strategic Research, AFL-CIO Organizing Department.</strong></p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/600-%2526amp%3Bt-customer-service-reps-form-union-dover%2C-n.h.">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/600-%2526amp%3Bt-customer-service-reps-form-union-dover%2C-n.h.#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/04/600-att-customer-service-reps-form-union-in-dover-nh/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 193 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/bush-nation-numbers%3A-2007-injustice-index <table width="22" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><img border="1" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/bottles_bt1.jpg" /></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> </tr></table><p>From the subprime mortgage crisis to toxic toys to kids without health care to—yes, brace yourself—even Paris Hilton, the Drum Major Institute's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/">(DMI</a>'s) 2007 Injustice Index paints quite a picture of the nation in 2007.</p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/bush-nation-numbers%3A-2007-injustice-index">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/bush-nation-numbers%3A-2007-injustice-index#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/05/bush-nation-by-the-numbers-2007-injustice-index/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 195 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/chao-misses-mine-safety-deadline.-bush-appoints-stickler%E2%80%94again <p class="MsoNormal">U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao missed the Dec. 15 deadline to issue new federal rules for better trained mine rescue teams at the nation's coal mines. <em>The </em><a target="_blank" href="http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/200801059"><em>Charleston Gazette</em></a> reports:</p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/chao-misses-mine-safety-deadline.-bush-appoints-stickler%E2%80%94again">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/chao-misses-mine-safety-deadline.-bush-appoints-stickler%E2%80%94again#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/07/chao-misses-mine-safety-deadline-bush-appoints-stickleragain/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 197 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/cutting-children%E2%80%99s-health-funding-one-program-isn%E2%80%99t-enough-bush <img border="1" align="left" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/kid.jpg" /><p class="MsoNormal">Last year, the Bush administration denied health coverage to millions of low-income children by <a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/10/03/ill-will-bush-vetoes-childrens-health-bill/">vetoing</a> expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) <a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/12/13/bush-kills-childrens-health-care-again/">&lt;<p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/cutting-children%E2%80%99s-health-funding-one-program-isn%E2%80%99t-enough-bush">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/cutting-children%E2%80%99s-health-funding-one-program-isn%E2%80%99t-enough-bush#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/04/cutting-childrens-health-funding-in-one-program-isnt-enough-for-bush/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 194 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/giuliani%3A-it-would-have-been-%E2%80%98impossible%E2%80%99-give-firefighters-working-radios <table width="22" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZTova85IFQ" target="_blank"><img border="1" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/giuliani_vid.gif" /></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> </tr></table><p>Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-N.Y.) continues to come under fire for his failures during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.<p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/giuliani%3A-it-would-have-been-%E2%80%98impossible%E2%80%99-give-firefighters-working-radios">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/giuliani%3A-it-would-have-been-%E2%80%98impossible%E2%80%99-give-firefighters-working-radios#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/03/giuliani-it-would-have-been-impossible-to-give-firefighters-working-radios/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 188 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/huge-turnout-iowa-caucuses.-obama%2C-huckabee-winners <table width="22" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><img border="1" src="http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/wfvote2008_180x200.jpg" /></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> </tr></table><p class="MsoNormal">The first votes of 2008 are in, and the winners of Iowa’s caucuses are Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on the Democratic side and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) on the Republican side.<p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/huge-turnout-iowa-caucuses.-obama%2C-huckabee-winners">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/huge-turnout-iowa-caucuses.-obama%2C-huckabee-winners#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/04/huge-turnout-in-iowa-caucuses-obama-huckabee-winners/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 191 at http://insulatorslocal6.com http://insulatorslocal6.com/jobless-rate-worsens-5-percent.-bush-economy-tanking-fast <p>Unemployment worsened to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aXjHRIht.8EU&amp;refer=home">5 percent</a>—sinking a whopping three-tenths of a percentage point, from 4.7 percent in November, the largest single jump since the slowdown following Sept. 11, 2001.</p><p><a href="http://insulatorslocal6.com/jobless-rate-worsens-5-percent.-bush-economy-tanking-fast">read more</a></p> http://insulatorslocal6.com/jobless-rate-worsens-5-percent.-bush-economy-tanking-fast#comments http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/04/jobless-rate-worsens-to-5-percent-bush-economy-tanking-fast/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:32 -0500 superuser 190 at http://insulatorslocal6.com