by jsamuel, Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 07:19:04 PM EDT
1. John Edwards speaks with SEIU.
2. SEIU Members predict John Edwards will win straw poll.
3. John Edwards speaks with LiUNA.
4. John Edwards is determined to pass UHC.
5. Diary Roundup.
by LiUNA, Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 05:05:54 AM EDT
What are you doing right now? What's a good use of your time this Monday morning? Check out what the Democratic Presidential candidates are saying at LiUNALive.org to the half-million members of one of the most aggressive, progressive and fastest-growing construction unions in North America, LiUNA, the Laborers International Union of North America.
The men and women who build America are hearing straight from the Democratic candidates on their plans to create good jobs, reform immigration, fix the mortgage meltdown, and rebuild our nation's infrastructure to prevent another bridge collapse.
by LiUNA, Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 09:21:30 AM EDT
The current "mortgage meltdown" represents a triple whammy or a "perfect storm" for construction workers. Workers who build homes are facing mass layoffs as demand plummets for new homes. In August, the construction industry lost 22,000 jobs. Thousands of construction workers are facing foreclosure on their own homes. And workers' retirement funds may be tainted by misrepresented mortgage securities.
This year, 122 (and counting) mortgage companies have imploded, but it's middle class homeowners who are really feeling the pain. In the first half of 2007, nearly 1 million people are facing foreclosure - a 30 percent increase from 2006. It is estimated that more than 2 million homeowners will be in foreclosure before year-end. Among those are tens of thousands of workers who believed they had achieved the dream of owning their first home. With corporate homebuilders, many of them also mortgage lenders, frantically attempting to slice overbuilt inventory, the workers who build houses in many markets are being cut from payrolls as fast as new home developments sprout.
by skeptic06, Wed Jul 05, 2006 at 10:11:42 AM EDT
A Hillpiece today goes beyond anecdote and innuendo under hed Dem angst as unions split money.
In the lefty sphere, labor is the biggest dog that didn't bark in the night. Compared to Mike McCurry, say, it's got pitifully small space here in the last few months that I've been paying attention.
One reason (I'll put it no higher than that) may be the ambiguous relationship between labor and the Dems today. (It could also have to do with the AFL-CIO/CtW split, the bitter Sweeney/Stern rivalry, the persistance of labor rackeetering, or any number of other things.)
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