Press Associates Union News Service
Forced Strike in Fourth Week at Verizon
By Mark Gruenberg Press Associates Union News Service MONTCLAIR, N.J. – As the strike that wealthy telecom Verizon forced on 40,000 workers neared the end of its fourth week, a rank-and-file Verizon worker, Amanda Poe, penned an open letter to the company’s CEO, telling him why he forced her to walk the picket line. In …
One-Time Local 35 Guild Member Eleanor Roosevelt to Grace $5 Bill
For the first time in U.S. history, a committed union member will be on U.S. currency: Eleanor Roosevelt, who joined the American Newspaper Guild in 1936, will be on the back of the newly designed $5 bill. Roosevelt will enter that pantheon when she joins Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Marian Anderson on the …
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National Labor College to Close Down
Press Associates Union News Service (Nov. 13, 2013) Faced with a continuing tide of red ink, no endowment, and constant turnover at the top, the National Labor College’s board voted Nov. 12 to close the college. No date was set, but the closure is expected soon. “I am deeply saddened to report that yesterday the …