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THIS AND THAT The news the last couple of weeks is not good. Lot’s of negative things going on in the news and few positives. So let’s get to the bad news first.
United Way of Greater Kansas City
Hires New President and CEO METRO FORD BELIEVES IN UNION By KEVIN B. O'NEILL The idea of labor and management working together for one common goal and actually liking each other is one of those great concepts that rarely work. In most cases the two work begrudgingly together to achieve the same end. However when it comes to management working with organized labor the field gets even muddier and in most cases the relationship is adversarial.
ASBESTOS RULING BAD FOR WORKERS Asbestos can be a painful product when it settles in the lungs of workers and others who have been exposed to these microscopic fibers. Health problems associated with exposure include lung cancer (particularly if the person smoked cigarettes), asbestosis (progressive and sometimes fatal disease that destroys the lungs’ ability to absorb oxygen) and mesothelioma, a rare and painful cancer (only occurs as a result of asbestos exposure) and other pulmonary problems. Prior to the discontinued use of asbestos, extensively for fire retardant and insulation, workers in the building trades suffered massive exposure with anecdotal stories of workers talking about toiling in conditions where the asbestos “flowed like snow.”
TV, MOVIE WRITERS TO VOTE FEB. 25 ON NEW PACT
NEW YORK
(PAI)--Some 10,500 writers for televisionand movies, declaring victory in their struggle with TV and movie producers and studios, will vote Feb. 25 on the new 3-year pact their union, the Writers Guild of America, reached the weekend of Feb. 9-10, said one of WGA’s two presidents, Michael Winship.
In the
interim, the writers returned on Feb.13 from their 14-week strike that forced TV networks into reruns and into so-called “reality programming,” and crippled TV production in New York and movie production in Los Angeles.
The writers voted Feb. 12 by a 92%-8% margin to return to work.
SUPPORT AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INITIATIVE GROWS
By KEVIN O'NEILL
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A large group of community activist, religious and labor leaders, students and educators met at the Community Christian church earlier this month to hear speakers talk about the effects the proposed “Civil Rights Initiative” would have on the community and discuss the need to keep it off the ballot in Missouri. Let's get something straight right off the bat. The Missouri Civil Rights Initiative is a political tool being used to get right-wing-voters off their derrieres to vote in the upcoming election. The initiative is attempting to repeal Affirmative Action here in the State of Missouri. I would liken it to the 2004 initiative to ban gay marriage. Apparently Republicans figure the only thing that scares rich white republicans more than gays getting married, are blacks and women being granted equal access to education, housing and employment. E-mail: editor@laborbeacon.com |
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