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FRIDAY, June 17 -- Mainstream Republicans oppose gas-tax-repealing Initiative 912

Also today -- Ramada Inn Governor House in Olympia aims to bust union
— In today's Tri-City Herald -- Workers request NIOSH probe at Threemile Canyon Farms -- UFW backs request as workers report they have suffered burning eyes and throat infections while working at the dairy, symptoms that are consistent with exposure to ammonia.
...plus -- Plant security force pickets -- Officers (PACE) at Energy Northwest nuclear power plant north of Richland have been working without a contract for 2 1/2 years.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Seattle firefighters reject contract
— In today's News Tribune -- Alaska, mechanics reach deal
— Today from AP -- United, IAM finalize contract
— Today from AP -- State revenue forecast jumps $450M
— In today's Olympian -- Study: WA health care gap growing
— In today's Salem S-J -- Short end of the pick -- One impact of increased vigilance along the U.S.-Mexico border: Oregon strawberries are rotting in the fields because there are not enough workers to pick them.
— In today's Everett Herald -- Eyman's ex-treasurer fined -- Her attorney argues there is no government interest in the public knowing how initiatives get or spend money.
Boeing news: — Today from AP -- Boeing completes Wichita plant deal -- Occasion marked by the final day of pay for about 1,100 workers who've lost their jobs.
— In today's Seattle Times -- Boeing legend Stamper dies
...plus -- Airbus boasts orders that trounce Boeing deals
National news: — In today's NY Times -- Bush's support on major issues tumbles -- Job approval now 42%, down from 51% after the election. Congress comes in at 33%.
— In today's NY Times -- Globalization: It's not just wages -- It's often viewed as a rootless process of constantly moving jobs to low-wage countries, more companies are emphasizing first-rate centers of production and design in various countries -- including the United States.
...plus -- As Toyota goes... (Friedman column) Having Toyota take over GM would not only be in America's economic interest, it would also be in our geopolitical interest.
— In today's Baltimore Sun -- Civil war in the American labor movement (column) As political forces in the country, the AFL and the CIO separately and together have become a critical, some would say indispensable, element in whatever successes the Democratic Party has enjoyed. But organized labor's decline since the heady days of the postwar era has dictated the internal soul-searching, which is now on the brink of open division.

THURSDAY, June 16 -- Is Labor headed for Splitsville?
— In today's LA Times -- 5 major activist unions unite -- Seeking to revive labor's clout, the group may break with the AFL-CIO, which the dissidents call stodgy and defeatist. The implications for local labor are huge; the activist L.A. County Federation of Labor would be financially crushed.
— In today's NY Times -- 5 top unions join forces, raising threat of labor rift -- Teamsters, UFCW and UNITE HERE presidents joined an earlier threat by SEIU to end their AFL-CIO affiliations. Says AFSCME's McEntee: "Forming this coalition is a step in the wrong direction because it's the first step toward a truly divided labor movement. Splitting the AFL-CIO will mean less power for workers."
— At BusinessWeek online -- Is Labor headed for Splitsville? -- Will the five really leave? As with any negotiations, there's an element of bluff in such threats. Ongoing efforts at compromise could forestall a showdown in July. Sweeney has held one-on-one discussions with three of his opponents in recent weeks and has asked all five to meet with them as a group. But their leaders may not be able to back down once they fire up their membership against him.
— In today's Washington Post -- Dissident unions form coalition -- Republicans are watching the split within labor with relish, foreseeing a weakened political adversary. But labor experts are divided over the potential consequences of a fractured labor movement.
— Today from AP -- Dissident unions forge coalition to jolt AFL-CIO -- Says one Democratic Party strategist: "Anything that shakes up moribund institutions is good."
Local news -- Today's living wage rally in Tacoma CANCELLED due to expected rain
— In today's Seattle Times -- Initiative 912 is backward policy on roads -- Editorial: Taxes are rarely popular, but to keep roadways safe and improve mobility, the state must make targeted infrastructure investments. Don't sign this initiative and don't support it. It is backward public policy. Learn more.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Alaska Airlines buys 35 737s worth $2.3 billion
— In today's Everett Herald -- Brightwater accord is closer -- But negotiators for Snohomish and King counties still face a $30 million difference of opinion over what King County's share should be.
— In today's Bellingham Herald -- Intalco workers lose ruling -- Alcoa Intalco Works employees who accepted voluntary severance packages in 2001 are not eligible for unemployment benefits.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Tentative five-year pact sent to Alaska Airlines pilots (ALPA)
— In today's Yakima H-R -- Health care, healthy profit -- With Health Management Associates purchasing Yakima Regional and converting it from a nonprofit to a for-profit less than two years ago, Yakima is seeing firsthand the tightrope corporate hospitals must walk to keep profits up and health care strong.
Must-read CAFTA analysis: — In today's Washington Post -- Whose trade rainbow? -- David Broder column: Try as they may, the Bush administration cannot blame the defection of New Democrats on the unions. Labor has rarely been weaker in decades than it is at this moment... No, the reason that the New Democrats have balked on CAFTA is that they believe it does not address the realities of the new economy in which their constituents, many in the high-tech world, work. When the benefits of liberal trade -- and the benefits of overall economic growth -- are more widely shared, political support for CAFTA and similar measures will be easier to find. Until then, it is going to be a battle.
National news: — In today's Washington Post -- Exit strategy on Social Security is sought -- With talks at an impasse, GOP congressional leaders have told Bush it is time to look for an escape route.
— Today from Reuters -- GM's push to cut health benefits could risk UAW strike
— In today's Washington Post -- Thousands of non-defense private contractors owe taxes -- Contractors working for government agencies together owe more than $3 billion in unpaid taxes, but they continue to get paid because contracting offices have no way of knowing they are dealing with tax scofflaws.

WEDNESDAY, June 15 -- Iraqi Labor Tour comes to Seattle for June 23 rally, forum
— Today at AFLCIO.org -- Iraqi unionists rebuilding devastated union movement
AFL-CIO reform news -- Sweeney: United labor movement needed now more than ever
— At AFLCIO.org -- AFL-CIO unions organize 3 times as many unions each year than 10 years ago
— Today at UFCW.org -- UFCW Board authorizes withdrawal from AFL-CIO -- Resolutions approved unanimously Tuesday lay out principles for AFL-CIO reform, and authorize the union's Executive Committee to quit the federation if those reforms are not achieved.
— In today's Washington Post -- The fraying House of Labor -- Meyerson column: The dissident unions of the AFL-CIO are meeting in Washington today to announce that they are building a halfway house. The Change to Win Coalition will begin life neither entirely within nor without the AFL-CIO... The leaders of American labor are engaging one another in a massive game of chicken. But such games can take on a life of their own, with all manner of unforeseen consequences.
CAFTA news: — In today's NY Times -- CAFTA passes first congressional test -- Senate Finance Committee votes 11-9 to advance pact after Bush promises to discuss concessions for the sugar industry. An amendment to apply the same penalties for breaking labor laws as for violating intellectual property rights was defeated on a tie vote by the committee.
— In today's Oregonian -- Sens. Wyden (D), Smith (R) join CAFTA supporters -- What about WA?
Local news: — In today's Spokesman-Review -- Kaiser, Steelworkers OK five-year contract -- Pay raises, signing bonuses, a profit-sharing clause and benefits are included in pact affecting 500 at Trentwood.
— In yesterday's Aberdeen Daily World -- Rep. Takko makes it official; he'll seek election this fall
— In yesterday's Columbian -- GM, Washington state burdened by pensions (Column by AWB's Don Brunell)
Boeing news: — Today from AP -- Boeing orders top rival Airbus at Paris air show
— In today's Everett Herald -- Boeing orders continue to mount ...plus -- 747 Advanced gains ground
...plus -- Gregoire tackles trade dispute; Boeing tax breaks also available to Airbus, she tells French
Health care news: — In today's Kitsap Sun -- Uninsured add healthy chunk to insurance premiums -- Jean Halvorson's pay as a para-educator at Bremerton's Jackson Park Elementary School has gone up 8.5 percent in five years. Her health insurance premium has risen 186 percent. She's not alone.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Shape up or pay up -- Editorial: King County is leading its employees into a brave new world of health care funding, one that seems intuitive but is fraught with peril.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Another try for universal coverage -- Krugman column: As our nation's health care system unravels, the time will soon be ripe for another try at universal coverage. Polls show 72% of Americans favor government-guaranteed health insurance for all. But just as they did 60 years ago when President Truman tried to enact it, special interests once again will stand in the way.
Social Security news: — In today's Seattle Times -- They want to reduce your benefits (Mike Murphy op-ed)
— In the USA Today -- Senate Republicans study raising Social Security retirement age to 69 
Other national news: — In today's SF Chronicle -- UFW rally in S.F. kicks off boycott of Gallo wines
— In today's Washington Post -- Unemployment taxes evaded -- Unscrupulous employers are continuing to evade millions of dollars in state unemployment taxes despite passage two years ago of a new federal law meant to tighten the rules, public and private sector witnesses told Congress yesterday.
— In today's NY Times -- Former Bush aide who edited global warming from U.S. reports hired by Exxon
— Today in The Onion -- Chinese factory worker can't believe the shit he makes for Americans

TUESDAY, June 14 -- Rally in Bellevue tomorrow in Global Day of Action for janitors
— In today's Yakima H-R -- Gas tax foes push initiative -- Talk show host claims to have 6,500 volunteers for signature gathering. Don't sign the job-killing Initiative 912!  Learn more.
— In today's Everett Herald -- Threats aren't moving Brightwater forward -- Editorial: Both sides have entrenched themselves so deeply that they appear stuck. This has gone far enough. Representatives from both sides should sit down and negotiate an agreement that ensures a fair permitting process.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Prosperity group's draft short on details -- Virgin column: And so it goes through much of the report. "Reduce unemployment insurance costs to approach national average," it suggests. Well, don't leave us hanging -- what formula do you have in mind to accomplish that?
— In today's Bellingham Herald -- WWU plans salary, tuition hikes; trustees OK 25 more tenured positions
...plus -- Uninsured problem plagues health care -- Editorial: The health-care industry, insurance companies, government and citizens need to work together to find a new, innovative solution to the problem of having so many people uninsured. (What about businesses and employers?!)
— In today's Peninsula Daily News -- Rep. Kessler apologizes for Hwy. 101 project's omission from budget
— In today's Olympian -- State Sen. Parlette may run against Cantwell -- She joins list that now includes Dino Rossi, Safeco CEO Mike McGavick, ex-Rep. Rick White and Boss Vance himself.
...plus -- Charities pinched by fund delay; computer system puts state employee donations in limbo
— Today from AP -- Judge: Measure to recall Spokane mayor Jim West may collect signatures
Boeing news: — In today's Seattle P-I -- Everett 767 line likely safe for this year, Mulally says
— In today's Everett Herald -- Sens. Cantwell, Murray blast Airbus subsidies
...plus -- Boeing gets $4.6 billion 777 order, but Airbus steals show with $10 billion order
— This morning from AP -- Airbus lands a dozen more orders for A350
National news: — At AFLCIO.org -- AFL-CIO Executive Committee approves sweeping changes -- Sweeping new Sweeney-backed policies increase support for organizing and mobilization for politics.
— In today's LA Times -- Arnold puts agenda on ballot -- Special-election initiatives would wrest power from legislators and public employee unions. The political battle will be costly, with a deal unlikely. 
— In today's NY Times -- The old and the rested -- Conservative columnist John Tierney floats some trial talking points for the Senate Republicans' consideration of raising the Social Security retirement age. His include: Social Security "promotes greed and sloth" among older Americans and it "creates ugly political battles among generations." Sounds like winners!  Let's hope they run with them.... in 2006.

MONDAY, June 13 -- Five unions to create coalition on growth separate from AFL-CIO
— In Sunday's Washington Post -- AFL-CIO closer to breaking up -- SEIU executive board authorizes disaffiliation. UFCW executive board will discuss disaffiliation at meeting on Tuesday.
Boeing news: — In Saturday's Everett Herald -- Boeing, Machinists start contract talks
— In the P.S. Business Journal -- Benefit concerns color Boeing contract talks
— Today from AP -- Onex pay cuts could spread; workers at other Kansas plants may takes cuts
— In today's LA Times -- Politics stalling tanker bid -- A U.S.-EU trade dispute has Northrop hesitant to partner with Airbus' parent on manufacturing a new Air Force refueling tanker, sources say.
Local news -- Rally for local living-wage jobs Thursday at Kaiser plant in Tacoma
— In Sunday's Yakima H-R -- A golden opportunity for Goldendale, its aluminum smelter -- A new group is reviving expectations that the darkened smelter, mothballed since April 2003, will glow again and compete against global players like Alcoa and Swiss-based Glencore International.
— In today's Seattle Times -- Gregoire's cabinet: same look, higher pay -- Since 2003, the average salary for Cabinet members has soared nearly 16%. By comparison, rank-and-file state workers will see their wages grow by 4.8% over the next two years, their first pay raises in four years.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Democrats need to get back to their base (Bill Johnston op-ed)
— In today's Olympian -- State employees: Learn about changes before they happen July 1
— In Saturday's Kitsap Sun -- Bainbridge Island, city employees sign agreement
— In Sunday's Spokesman-Review -- Judge laid out rules, and Rossi-GOP strategy failed (Camden column) 
— In the Seattle Times -- GOP disregards its voter discrepancy -- More ballots than voters at convention.
— In the Spokesman-Review -- West: I've changed my ways -- Mayor compares himself to the Bible's King David and predicts success: "My faith in Jesus Christ and the Lord tell me this will be done."
National news: — In today's Washington Post -- Human toll of a pension default -- Ellen Saracini lost her husband, a United Airlines pilot, when his Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Now she stands to lose more than half of her widow's pension in a different kind of crash.
— In today's Seattle P-I -- Sugarcoated pension reform -- Editorial: Some 34 million workers are covered by private, defined-benefit plans. Protecting their assets ought to be a priority now. But instead, Congress is intent on protecting the corporate managers who made poor decisions in the first place.
— In today's NY Times -- Pro-trade Democrats go AWOL -- Editorial: Free-trade Democrats should use their leverage to get support for retraining assistance, not posturing with blanket CAFTA opposition.
...plus -- One nation, uninsured -- Krugman column: With the cost of health care exploding and the number of uninsured growing, the time will soon be ripe for another try at universal coverage.

IS LABOR HEADED FOR SPLITSVILLE?
by Aaron Bernstein

Fifty years after the American Federation of Labor merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the U.S. labor movement may be heading for a breakup. Five unions that want to unseat AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney are considering leaving the federation should he win reelection when his term expires in July, BusinessWeek has learned.

Those unions, which account for roughly 40% of AFL-CIO membership, include the Service Employees, the Teamsters, the Food & Commercial Workers, the Laborers, and UNITE HERE, the needletrades group.

The dissidents had intended to back John W. Wilhelm, No. 2 at UNITE HERE, to run against Sweeney. But after failing to sway other union leaders, they abandoned a plan to announce his candidacy at a Teamsters meeting in Las Vegas the week of May 10. Instead, on May 16, the group released a platform to reform the AFL-CIO in hopes of winning over a few key leaders among the other 53 unions in the federation.

Will the five really leave? As with any negotiations, there's an element of bluff in such threats. Ongoing efforts at compromise -- including the search for a new president both sides can agree on -- could forestall a showdown in July. Sweeney has held one-on-one discussions with three of his opponents in recent weeks and has asked all five to meet with them as a group. But their leaders may not be able to back down once they fire up their membership against him.

"BUILD SOMETHING STRONGER."  As the camps lock into opposition, a breakup of the AFL-CIO into two labor federations is more likely, say leaders on both sides. "It's clearly not our desire to leave the AFL-CIO, but it's a subject we feel we need to consider," says UNITE HERE President Bruce S. Raynor.

What's behind the momentum to defect? The five unions have complained for several years that the rebirth Sweeney sought for labor when he took power in 1995 has stalled. Despite early bold moves on his part, union membership has continued to sink and now represents less than 10% of the private-sector workforce. His critics think fresh leadership is needed to prod unions into redoubling recruitment efforts.

While Sweeney agrees with their goals, Wilhelm & Co. want the AFL-CIO to play a larger role in membership drives. "Sweeney tried to change labor but ran up against a lack of political will [among union leaders] and what became his own lack of will to change it," charges Andrew L. Stern, president of Service Employees International, labor's largest and fastest-growing union. "Now we need to build something stronger."

DEMOCRATS' LOSS.  A splintered labor movement would be a boon to Corporate America and the GOP. While unions continue to shrink as a share of the U.S. workforce, they still sign up hundreds of thousands of new members every year. Warring camps could undercut those efforts if unions raid each other for members, as officials on both sides threaten to do.

A breakup would also undermine labor's vaunted political machine. Its ability to bring millions of union voters to the polls in recent elections has been one of Sweeney's chief successes. Already the unhappy unions have demanded that the AFL-CIO remove their members from its master list of names, which has been crucial to labor's mammoth get-out-the-vote election drives. Since labor typically swings Democratic, a division of the house would probably weaken opposition to President George W. Bush and other Republicans.

The protesters' move toward a scorched-earth strategy stems from their failure to get a majority of unions behind them. For several months they have tried to win over American Federation of Teachers President Edward J. McElroy, a personal friend of UNITE HERE's Wilhelm. They also hoped to bring aboard United Auto Workers President Ronald A. Gettelfinger, who has long been unhappy with the AFL-CIO. But when both men made it clear in early May that they weren't ready to abandon Sweeney, Wilhelm and his colleagues decided that just announcing his candidacy wouldn't change anyone's mind.

"A NAKED THREAT."  The problem is that threats to pull out may only prompt Sweeney supporters to dig in more fiercely. While no one thinks that Sweeney has reversed labor's fortunes, his allies back a plan he announced in April to refocus on recruitment. Some labor leaders also remain loyal to Sweeney personally and believe it would be bad for labor as an institution to unseat its chief.

Talk of forming a new federation "is a naked threat; are we going to throw Sweeney over the side to prevent this blackmail?" demands Gerald W. McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees and a key Sweeney ally.

The unhappiness with Sweeney isn't new. Starting last summer, Stern has threatened to go his own way unless the federation undergoes a major overhaul. More recently he has broadened his demands to include Sweeney's departure. Now his fellow rebels are moving in the same direction. In March, UNITE HERE's executive board authorized a review of leaving the AFL-CIO, and its leadership has had follow-up meetings since then to consider the options, Raynor says.

POTENTIAL DEFECTORS.  The Teamsters are also looking into how the union would operate outside the AFL-CIO, insiders say. Many of its officials harbor ill will toward AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard L. Trumka for opposing James P. Hoffa's election as Teamsters president. Hoffa so far has held off public talk about leaving the AFL-CIO, largely because he worries his executive board wouldn't want to wait until July to get out.

"If Hoffa raised the issue, he'd get run over going out the door," says one Teamsters insider. The United Food & Commercial Workers, too, could leave if Sweeney wins reelection, officials say. Its bargaining strength in major industries is closely linked to the Teamsters, which negotiates with many of the same employers. So if Hoffa pulls out of the AFL-CIO, the UFCW probably would, too.

The Laborers union, which represents many construction workers, is the furthest from backing out. Still, it is deep in debate over whether to quit the AFL-CIO's Building & Construction Trades Dept. because of Sweeney's demand that it expel the International Brotherhood of Carpenters. The Carpenters have long shared Stern and the others' negative views of Sweeney's leadership and were the first to quit the AFL-CIO over the issue back in 2001. Typically, the carpenters' union controls construction labor contracts that the Laborers need to get work. If the Laborers withdraw from the Building Trades, there would be less keeping them in the AFL-CIO, officials say.

HARD TO BACK DOWN.  The question is whether the dissidents will make good on their threat to start a rival labor federation should they lose at the AFL-CIO's quadrennial convention in July. Some Sweeney backers think a lot of the talk is posturing. But the more the critics threaten to leave, the more difficult it will be for them to change course.

Stern, for one, says he is ready to follow through and walk out if need be. "The worst thing would be for us to huff and puff, and then if Sweeney is reelected with little change, to say, 'Oh well, let's go back to work,'" he says. Unless some middle ground can be found, the AFL-CIO's 50th anniversary may also be its death knell.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14
Rally in Bellevue tomorrow in Global Day of Action for janitors

Can globalization become a tool for workers to win higher living standards? 

A new, concerted effort by low-wage janitors, security officers, and unions around the world is seeking to turn globalization on its head. And it begins tomorrow.

Workers in property services unions across the globe, many of them immigrants in their adopted countries, are coming together on Wednesday, June 15 in new ways to hold multinational corporations accountable to the concerns of working people. 

Locally, this Global Day of Action for Service Workers will include a march and rally Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Bellevue at 108th Ave. NE and Main St.

Demonstrators will be visiting buildings cleaned by nonunion companies with the message: Don't mess with our health care, livable wages, and benefits!

There will be actions by property services workers and unions in nearly 30 cities, and nearly a dozen countries on five continents, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Argentina, South Africa, and Australia.

MONDAY, JUNE 13
5 unions to create coalition on growth separate from AFL-CIO

MONDAY, JUNE 13
Rally for living-wage jobs Thursday at Tacoma's Kaiser plant

The following announcement comes from Washington state Jobs with Justice:

Rally for Local Living Wage Jobs
and To Oppose Job Outsourcing and Exporting
Thursday June 16 from 5 to 6 p.m. (with 4:30 p.m. press event)
In front of the shuttered Kaiser Aluminum Plant, 3400 Taylor Way, Tacoma Tideflats

Want to do something strategic to address the trend:

• Thousands of local aerospace, high-tech, and manufacturing jobs exported to places like Moscow, Japan and Bulgaria?

• 500 jobs that Alaska Airlines just outsourced?

• Bush-Microsoft-Boeing plan to expand NAFTA to Central America “CAFTA” by pressuring our local elected leaders?

The loss of thousands of local living wage jobs is part of a business model to drive down wages, avoid healthcare responsibility, and will ultimately make our local and global community unsustainable unless we organize for what we stand for: Living wage jobs, affordable healthcare, high skill job training, a government hand in economic development.  This is what our Workers Rights Board leaders like Congressperson Adam Smith concluded from the hearing on job exporting that we had last December.

Boeing Workers Are on the Frontlines

Over 20,000 Boeing workers (members of unions such as the Machinists, SPEEA, Teamsters, and others) have begun union negotiations or will soon begin them this fall over these issues and they need our solidarity to show management that we all deserve job security and won’t stand for another Alaska Airlines “Friday the 13th surprise.”  

Join with many union Boeing workers, and elected, community, and union leaders to send a message of community unity.  Get the newly released JwJ Workers Rights Board “community consensus” statement on job exporting from leaders such as:

Congressperson Adam Smith — Outgoing Chair of the House Trade & Commerce Committee Velma Veloria — Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg — Chair of Senate  Agriculture & International Trade  Committee  Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen — President of Tacoma Ministerial Alliance Rev. Paul Warren — Pierce County United Way President Rick Allen — Vice Chair of the House Financial Institutions Committee Rep. Geoff Simpson — State Rep-elect &  Business Retention Mgr  of Pierce Economic Development Bd. Derek Kilmer — Pierce County Council Member-elect  Tim Farrell & Assistant to State Rep Kastama — Tim Strege  Executive Director of William M Factory Small Business Incubator — Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma — Executive Director of Associated Ministries Rev. David Alger — Pierce County Councilmember Tim Farrell

Celebrate the progress we have made in addressing the job exporting issue:

• The passage of a new state law to study outsourcing’s impact on our community (HCR 4405) and the growing life of future laws that will address a worker-friendly solution to local job exporting.

• Support the bold national campaign of US Rep Adam Smith to make our national economic and trade policy more worker-friendly than the model that has brought us NAFTA, and now Bush’s proposed CAFTA (expanding NAFTA to most of Central America)

• Announce a growing community consensus on the proper values of local economic growth, community sustainability, and a Fair Trade policy.

For more information, contact Washington State Jobs with Justice's Tacoma office at (253) 473-3810.