Today in 2005 Walmart agrees to pay a record $11 million to settle a civil immigration case for using undocumented immigrants to do overnight cleaning at stores in 21 states. ~ Labor Tribune
• Proposed amendment would take big money out of politics. • Labor organizers brace for a federal right-to-work law. • We stopped Puzder from becoming the next labor secretary. • Bank workers protest to form their first union in the US. • Trump’s inroads in union ranks have labor leaders scrambling. • Koch brothers' lobbyist gets private RTW bill-signing handshake. • Workers who participated in 'Day Without Immigrants' face backlash. • Two-thirds of Americans aren’t using this easy way to save for retirement. • 80,000 more salaried workers could get overtime pay under proposed bill (HB665).
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!