Inside UFCW 1776

By Zaid Jilani on Aug 24, 2011 at 2:50 pm
 Pennsylvania resident Dan Haney has been unemployed since February when his job at Express Scripts was outsourced. Although he has found some comfort in the fact that his wife is still employed and has health insurance, his family is still struggling.

 From AFL-CIO

When 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike, working families showed incredible solidarity. Now, these workers—represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Electrical Workers (IBEW)—will return to work tonight.

  On June 6, Local 1776 had its 9th annual members’ golf outing at Mainland Golf Course. The outing was a great time for our members to get together and enjoy some golf.

 It took a while for the President of the Scranton Firefighters Union to catch up to Local 1776 Union Representative Chris Snyder, but he finally did it at the May 24th meeting of  Local 1776’s Executive Board in Pittston, PA.

 Source: www.nydailynews.com

BY STEVEN BARRISON

You'd think Walmart would have learned its lesson.

The big-box giant has tried unsuccessfully to sweet-talk its way into our city twice already with promises of jobs, jobs and more jobs. And now it's knocking again, hoping to capitalize on high unemployment and a protracted recession to scare New Yorkers into thinking that Walmart - and Walmart alone - can propel our struggling communities straight to prosperity. 

From philly.com, January 2011