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2008 IUOE Local 148
Golf Tournament
Saturday June 21st
Click here for flier with more
info and entry form.

Shop Stewards Seminar
May 3rd, 2008
Click here for details

Bulletin Board Notice
Local Union Nominations
148 Members
Election of Officers

Photos from the 2007
148 Christmas Party on
the Christmas Parties Page.

4th Annual Tri-Union Open
Handicap Bowling Tournament
Sat. March 29th, 2008, 1pm
Click here for flier with details.

Labor Day Parade and Bass
Tournament Photos Now on New
Pages Linked Above

From the AFL-CIO Blog:
AFL-CIO Files International Complaint
Charging Bush NLRB With Assault
on Workers' Rights

New Laws for Union Officials,
Employees and Shop Stewards
Information on the new law and reporting
 requirements will be published to the
site soon. For more information go to
the DOL's web site:
Final Rule Revising Form LM-30 Labor
Organizations Officer and Employee Report

From the web site of Baker & Daniels LLP
Department of Labor Issues New Guidance On
Required Reports of Union-Related Expenditures

New Information is Available
on the Stationary Engineer Classes
on the Training Page.

New Page:
Pictures From the
Local 148 Golf Tournament

What's Wrong With America?
John Sweeney weighs in on the Huffington Post
about the recent mining disaster in Utah and the
neglect for miners' safety that allowed it to happen.

Three Rulings and a Review
Not happy with just matching the uneven wealth
distribution of the 1920's, dissatisfied with merely
watching the contract between workers and
employers erode like a sand castle at high tide, the
conservative-fortified Supreme Court is welcoming
the second coming of the robber barons with three
cheers -- make that three rulings.

Senate Republicans Block Labor Bill
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would
have allowed labor organizations to unionize workplaces
without secret ballot elections. Democrats were unable
to get the 60 votes needed to force consideration of the
Employee Free Choice Act, ending labor's chance to win
its top legislative priority from Congress.

The final vote was 51-48.

Bill Moyers Journal
Watch the PBS special Buying the War; a 90 minute
documentary that explores the role of the press in the
lead up to the invasion of Iraq. Bill Moyers Journal airs
every Friday night on PBS and past shows are also
available to view on their web site in the archives
section at:
Bill Moyers Journal

2006 Missouri's Election Was
Ground Zero For GOP
Click here to read the article from
McClatchy Newspapers.

AmerenUE Contract
Extension Vote Count Notice
Click here to see the results.

A Letter From Don Giljum on
the Ameren UE Contract Extension
Click here to read the details of the proposal
and when and where the voting will occur.
Update:
One contract demand was inadvertently omitted
from the letter linked above. The company's demand
for the elimination of the HP Tech Support Technician
and RadWaste Technician groups should have
been included.

May Day: Reclaiming Our History
May 1st is the original Labor Day in America, and
is the day labor is celebrated in most of the world.
For some perspective and history of what we
should be celebrating on May 1st, check out
the articles here:
Class and Labor: The Haymarket "Riot"
May Day 1886...and how four citizens came to hang
May 3rd 1886- Workingmen to Arms!!
Do something proactive this May Day

148's Tri-Union Open Throws
a Strike Again in '07
Click here to read about this year's tournament.

Thanks to everyone who attended
this years Solidarity Rally!!
Pictures and a copy of Cary Hammond's
speech are now on the Solidarity Rally Page.

Union Meeting Update
Schedule available on the
Meetings Page.

From AlterNet WorkPlace:
America Since 1980: A Right Turn
Leading to a Dead End
Economist Dean Baker's new book lays waste to
the Reagan Revolution's unprecedented assault on
working American's economic security.
 

Pictures from the '06
Bass Tournament are now posted.
Congratulations to Roy Markotay and
Sam Rayburn on your win at the Bass Tournament.
For a full listing of all of the winners and results
click here.
Wanted: People to help out with this year's
Bass Tournament. This year will be the last
tournament unless more volunteers are found
to help run it. Contact your union leadership
to find out how to volunteer.

US Economy Setting Wrong Kinds of Highs
From the AFL-CIO blog:
"The expanding American economy is breaking
records-including the wrong kinds."

In Class Warfare, Guess
Which Class is Winning
An op ed by Ben Stein

Class Struggle
American Workers Have a Chance to be Heard
An op ed by Senator-elect Jim Webb

Tom Friedmanism Punishes China
For Trying to Stop Sweatshops
An Op Ed by David Sirota

Will the Next Election Be Hacked?
Fresh disaster at the polls-- and new evidence from
an industry insider-- prove that electronic voting
machines can't be trusted.
A new article in Rolling Stone
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Iraq for Sale
The War Profiteers
The story of what happens to everyday Americans
when corporations to go war.

On America Working
The War on Workers
An op ed article by David Sirota

Contact your Communications Committee rep and make sure
your contact information is up to date for the union phone
tree. Having that information up to date is important if we
would have a lockout or a strike.

Please make sure your contact information is up to date with Donna
at the hall, and you can email her at Donna Cunningham if you
have any changes that need to be updated or would like to add
your email address to the union's database. If you'd like to
recommend a change to the web site, please email the
webmaster with those requests.

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Sign up if you want to receive email notices to your home email
address with any important information that the administration
wants to get out quickly, or to just go chat with other
members of the local. The site is password protected, and
you're identity will be verified before your membership is approved.
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