The Labor Educator
Contents
Vol. 8 No. 2, April, 1999
News & Analysis
Why We're Unique and Needed
How the AFL-CIO Can Do Better
NYC's Public Sector Scandal
Can Hoffa Deliver on Promises?
What Happened to Job Security?
A School for Assassins
The Fastest-Growing Union
Departments
AFL-CIO Policies & Actions
AFL-CIO Plans $40M Voter Mobilization
Labor's Views on Social Security
Council Urges Changes in Global Trade
Union Membership Grew in Many States
Protest China's Crackdown on Activists
Building & Construction Trades
Las Vegas Project Organizes 7,000
Construction Unions Gained Members
IBEW in Drive on Residential Work
St. Louis Laborers Approve 5-Year Pact
Chicago Contractors Convicted of Fraud
Collective Bargaining
Tough Bargaining Ahead on Outsourcing, Health Costs and Demand for Higher Pay
A Battle Over Health-Care Costs
Big-Time Contract Renewals
Machinists OK Pact for 6,150
3% Deferred Pay Increases in 1999-2000
2,500 NBC Staffers Ratify 3-Year Pact
Flight Attendants Win at America West
The Economy
U.S. Is Strong Despite Global Turmoil
Health & Safety
Serious Hazards from Untested Chemicals
OSHA to Draft New Ergonomics Plan
International Labor News
UNITE Fights Closure of Unionized Factory in Guatemala
Japanese Can't Count on Lifetime Jobs
AFL-CIO Speaks Out on Global Crisis
Disney: An Exploiter in China
Legislation
Bigger Fines Asked for Labor Law Violators
GOP Senator Seeks 'Right to Work' Law
Bipartisan Education Bill Approved
AFL-CIO Supports Using 77% of SurplusTo Save Social Security and Medicare
Organizing
SEIU Wins Labor's Biggest Victory in 50 Years
Rx for Doctors: Join the Union
SEIU and HERE Agree on Turf
UFW's New Strawberry Campaign
Survey: How Bosses Get Union Losses
CWA Wins at Bell Atlantic Graphics
Politics
Is Al Gore Inevitable?
Public Sector
DC 37: From Disgrace to Democracy?
Strikes & Lockouts
ABC Acts Unilaterally on Contract Terms
Crown Oil Lockout, Union Boycott Go On
Only 34 Major Work Stoppages in 1998
Working Women
Clinton Seeks Funds to Close Wage Gap
Report Shows Gender Gap in Pay, Benefits
AFL-CIO Pushes Pay Equity in 24 States
General Labor News
Laborers' President Coia Is Clearedof 15 Charges, But Fined $100,000
23,000 at Disneyland Reluctantly Settle
Sweatshops: Lawsuits Hit Big Labels
56% of Likely Voters Favor Unions
Paper and Oil Unions Form PACE
Health-Care Costs Still Keep Rising
3% Deferred Pay Boosts in 1999-2000
Chrysler Workers Get $7,400 Profit Share
Features
Ray Rogers: Confronting Corporate Power
Tim Lally: Spotlight on the Union-Busters