September 14, 2007
GREATER WILKES-BARRE LABOR COUNCIL
501 EAST MAIN STREET
WILKES-BARRE, PA 18702
The regularly scheduled meetings of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Labor Council will held at 7:30 PM at the Labor Temple 501 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on the following dates.
Delegate meetings will be held on the fourth (4th) Thursday of each month unless otherwise announced. 7:30 PM
Executive Board meetings will be held on the third (3rd) Monday of each month unless otherwise announced. 5:30 PM
GREATER WILKES-BARRE LABOR COUNCIL
NEWS ALERT
OCTOBER 23 2008 MEETING TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE
THE GWBLC HAS BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING’S “TOWN HALL” MEETING AT GUS GENETTI’S IN WILKES-BARRE.
ADMISSION FREE AT 5PM, WE WILL MEET FROM 5:30P – 6-30P DURING THE COMPLIMENTARY DINNER. GUEST SPEAKERS WILL START AFTER.
ALL ATTENDING MUST CALL 1-866-365-2203 TO CONFIRM ASAP!
WE ENCOURAGE YOUR ATTENDANCE IN SOLIDARITY.
Yolanda Riggsbee
Recording Secretary.
Labor Day 2008 A DAY TO REMEMBER WORKERS RIGHTS
Once again this Labor Day, labor unions are in a battle to protect the needs of the working class against the greed of our nations richest employer’s.
Labor Day is the one day of each year that we, as a nation should be ready to stand tall and salute the many people that have spent their lives making this country a better place. A day that we should remember the struggles, sacrifices and loss of life by those who fought and continue to fight so valiantly for a better quality of life for all.
Unions have been responsible for leading and winning the fight for quality life issues through negotiated agreements for:
Job security
Overtime pay
Holiday pay
Vacations
Healthcare benefits
Unemployment compensation
Safety regulations
Legislatively, unions lobby for many benefits that include Social Security, Medicare and minimum wage. Once again these basic benefits are being challenged. Our leaders still want to privatize Social Security during the present unstable market. We still need to purchase Medicare supplemental insurances until we can legislate a single payer national health plan. Minimum wage is still not a family-sustaining wage.
Unions are and always have been the greatest advocate for working families. Working families used to be our nations middle class. However, with the Free Trade Acts coming into play bringing the loss of most of our industrial jobs and the outsourcing of other good paying jobs, middle class America has almost become extinct. The outsourcing of these jobs and the deliberate intimidation by our nations richest employers had meant a decrease in union membership, which in turn decreased the voice of the people.
Thankfully, working America has risen to the challenge once again. Union membership is on the rise, making the voice of working families loud and clear.
This is why it is so important that the Employee Free Choice Act be made law. A n Act that will allow each employee to have a say in whether or not they choose to unionize, free of threats and intimidation by our nations greediest employers.
Therefore, be it resolved, that we meet this challenge and give working people the voice we all deserve in this great Democracy.
Fraternally,
Sam Bianco
President GWBLC
