Chuck
Sheketoff
Even
though Oregon has one of the best performing economies in the nation,
this Labor Day Oregon’s workers have too few opportunities to improve
their economic status.Bush appointees poised to wipe out 1/3 of
labor movement
By Tom
Chamberlain of Portland, Oregon.
president of the
Oregon AFL-CIO.
....The name “Kentucky River” comes from a ruling that the
NLRB is poised to make last this summer on three cases which
will broaden the definition of who is considered a
“supervisor” and set a precedent for an endless number of
cases to follow. The reason this is important is because
“employees” have rights and protections under 1935’s
National Labor Relations Act, but “supervisors” do not.
Thus, with the stroke of a pen, the number of American
workers who will be eligible to choose union membership
could be whittled down significantly – estimates put the
number between two and eight million workers...
...This attack could potentially wipe out one-third of the
union movement. Our best hope of delaying this decision is
to get Congress to urge the NLRB to hold public hearings
with oral arguments on the Kentucky River cases.....
You can join the movement by attending one of the events
below. I also urge you to sign up for the
Oregon AFL-CIO Weekly Update and get more news on this
and other progressive issues we are fighting for in the
coming months.
But this week, we need you to fight for us. Come to this
rallies for workers’ rights:
PORTLAND: Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 10 am, with Governor Ted Kulongoski and Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain, at the South Park Blocks, SW Salmon and Park in Portland
For more information on Kentucky River, see stories at Mother Jones and DailyKos.
