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Operation Lifesaver
Preview of U.S. Rail Safety Week Events |
Operation Lifesaver Inc.
Offers Preview of U.S. Rail Safety Week Events
As the first U.S. Rail Safety Week (RSW), September 24-30 approaches, Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) President and CEO Bonnie Murphy previewed the event’s planned activities, key sponsors and information on how potential participants can learn more.
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How Today’s Unions
Help Working People |
Working people in unions use their power in numbers to secure a fairer share of the income they create. On average, a worker covered by a union contract earns 13.2 percent more in wages than a peer with similar education, occupation, and experience in a nonunionized workplace in the same sector. But importantly, collective bargaining also raise wages for nonunion workers — as an economic sector becomes more unionized, nonunion employers pay more to retain qualified workers, and norms of higher pay and better conditions become standard.
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| Labor Quote of the Day |
"The fight to maintain our standard of living takes center stage, and such a struggle demands the mobilization of all who are affected on all fronts." — General Gordon Baker, Jr.
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| UNION LABEL WEEK |
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4–SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
Union Label Week is traditionally the time set aside for union families and all consumers to make a special effort to support good jobs by looking for union-made goods and union-produced services when they shop.
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| FAMES — Fourth Quarter Safety Alert |
A comparison of available roadway worker fatality data over a span of 27 years (1986–1994 and 1997–2014) indicates that the highest number of roadway worker incidents occur in the 4th Quarter.
Roadway worker fatality data reviewed by FAMES for the 9-year period 1986–1994 (pre-RWP rule) indicates 43 fatal roadway worker incidents. Of these 43 fatal incidents, 34.
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| Freedom to Join Unions |
Across the country, Americans are working longer hours for less money and fewer benefits, despite being more productive than ever.
No matter how hard we work, many are finding it more and more difficult to get by and provide for their families; all the while, a handful of CEOs and those who are already rich have seen their salaries and wealth skyrocket.
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How Low Can You Go?
St. Louis Lowers Minimum Wage |
A new state law in Missouri lowered the St. Louis minimum wage from $10 per hour to $7.70, taking cash out of the pockets of hardworking Missourians. Kansas City voted last month to raise its minimum wage, but the new state law nullifies that victory for working people before it can even take effect.
Work should lift us up, not hold us down in poverty.
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Helpline Support and Resources for
Members Impacted by
Hurricane Harvey |
Members can find online disaster and coping resources at Liveandworkwell.com
This is a free, convenient online resource available to you and your family because of your benefit package. Please visit and view the Important Communications Alert on your member home page for local resources and help after a storm or flooding.
Register/Login or enter with your Access Code.
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Donate Now to Help Texas Families
Affected by Hurricane Harvey |
Texas has just experienced what may be the biggest natural disaster they have ever faced.
Harvey’s slow movement and a resulting deluge have taken aim at Houston, Galveston Island, Corpus Christi, Beaumont-Port Arthur, parts of central Texas and many areas in between.
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