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Just two clicks?
Would you give two "clicks" to help us turn Senator Feinstein around on the Employee Free Choice Act?
First "click" on the image below, and spend 5 minutes watching veterans testify at the L.A. Labor Fed's "Veterans and Jobs" Town Hall with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. It will break your heart - and make your blood boil - to watch these brave men and women tell their stories about not being able to find jobs that pay them what they made defending America.
Then "click" to send the video to your friends, co-workers, neighbors, and relatives. Senator Feinstein needs to make a choice and we hope that by spreading this video around she will choose us by turning our economy around.
Two "clicks" can make a difference!
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Feinstein, Employee Free Choice Act, Dodgers and the Phillies
Tonight, the Dodgers play the Philadelphia Phillies, but more importantly, tonight is the debut of our latest Employee Free Choice Act commercial on Dodgers radio.
If you can’t wait to tune into KABC 790 tonight, you can take a listen to our latest commercial here.
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New Photo Galleries Up: Veterans, EFCA
We've posted three new galleries in the Photo Gallery section:
Photo Gallery: Veterans For Good Jobs Video Debut at Senator Feinstein's Office
Photo Gallery: Employee Free Choice Act Rally at Senator Feinstein's Office
Photo Gallery: Veterans Town Hall
Recession No Time to Retreat, Says L.A. Labor Leader
Maria Elena Durazo makes no apologies for continuing to push her cause: fighting for union workers.
By Patrick J. McDonnell of the Los Angeles Times
The state may be going broke, jobs may be vanishing like the morning mist, and the nation may be enduring its worst economic stretch in decades. But Southern California's top labor leader says this is not the time for unions to beat a retreat. On the contrary.
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Report: 13,000 New Construction Jobs Expected at Port of Los Angeles as State Unemployment Hits 11.6%
Report Calls for a Policy that Would Ensure Good Jobs at the Port of LA While the US Department of Labor Looks at a Similar LA Policy as National Model
On Friday, June 19th, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) released a report which estimates that 13,700 jobs would be created over the next several years at the Port of Los Angeles. In a period of economic struggle for thousands of working families in Los Angeles, LAANE's report details the recovery that could result from ensuring that these jobs provide pathways into the middle class through a policy similar to the one passed by the L.A. City Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) last year referred to as the Construction Careers Project Stabilization Policy (CCPSP). LAANE is calling for the passage of a CCPSP which would ensure that local residents will be eligible for these construction jobs at the Port. The policy will also guarantee high job standards so that these jobs would move local families into the middle class.
[A link to the report is in the full story.]
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Is Your Union in the Book?
July 1 Deadline to Get Your Union Listed in the Upcoming LA Labor 411 Directory
LA Labor 411 – a directory of LA's labor unions, labor products and labor-friendly services – is gearing up for the 2009-2010 edition and we want to make sure as many of our affiliates are included as possible. There is no cost to be listed.
If your union's not listed, it's quick and simple to do – go to http://www.LALabor411.com/union and fill out the short web form.
5,000 directories will be distributed far and wide – to all Southern California AFL-CIO affiliates, labor organizations, allies, constituent groups, government agencies, elected leaders, NGOs and to national and international labor organizations doing business in Los Angeles. For more information on LA Labor 411, visit our website at http://www.lalabor411.com
Final deadline is July 1. Please join us as we work together to help rebuild LA's middle class.
