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
• Big Labor swats away its ‘Kick Me’ sign • You want to put the union label on memes? • Illinois pot industry buzzing with union drives • House to vote on $15 min. wage by August • Workers will die unless EPA bans solvent, advocates say • Social Security is staring at its first real shortfall in decades • Pro-UAW Volkswagen Chattanooga workers cite safety concerns • Growing number of Latinos broaden Labor’s mission, political power • Teamsters applaud House panel’s passage of pension measure • Former Teamster’s new album ‘motivated by the times we’re going through’
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!