 As
our Website grows and improves, we'll use it to get the word out on
Union activity in our area, our state, and our country, and we hope it
will help to create a better sense of community among our members.
It is, and will remain, a "Living Document".
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Summer
will soon be Coming,
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with sunny
days, swimming - and picnics,
and lots of
good healthy work!
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Our next Meeting is on Thursday,
June
10th, 2010,
at 7:00 PM
as usual, at the
Plumbers' and
Pipefitters' Local Union 773 Hall,
in
Moreau.
at 7:00
PM, June 10th, 2010.
Come
and participate!
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Volunteer to "man" a Table!
We will be co-hosting a Labor information and Votor-Registration
table at several events this Spring and Summer, starting with Whipple
City Days in June, on the weekend of the 18th, 19th, and 20th,
and need to set up a schedule of volunteers for a few hours each.
'Phone, write, E-Mail, or come to a Meeting for details, and to pick a
time to help out. |
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Labor
needs to Get our Political Representatives
to Pass responsible Social and Labor Legislation in 2010!
Remember:
the Health Care Reform bill squeaked by and passed,
BUT
it's still being opposed by those who profit from others misfortunes.
While we need to defend it, House Resolution 676
(House bill: HR676)
can still be passed for Single-Payer Health Insurance that is much cheaper
than existing insurance, and like Medicare, allows you to choose any Doctor,
and the treatments he or she decides you need, without Insurance Company
clerks turning you down to save money!
Please write, FAX, and
call the offices of Scott
Murphy, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Charles Schumer to
thank
them for what they've done - AND ask them not to stop yet: their
supporters also support HR676, as well as the Right to Organize
act.
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Meeting
Location Reminder:
The Central Labor Council will be holding most of its
regular
2010 Meetings at the
Plumbers'
and Pipefitters' Local Union 773 Hall at 7:00 PM at 30 Bluebird
Road, South Glens Falls - in Moreau -- but continue to check this site
for future changes and updates.
Click
here for directions, and a map! |
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The Adirondack Chapter
of the
Labor-Religion Coalition
. . . meets on the third Wednesday
of most months; it will next meet at 7:00 PM on May 19th,
at the First Baptist Church of Glens Falls(100
Maple St.). Add it to your schedules and calendars.
Click
here for a map!
or
to go to http://Adk-LRCoalition.org
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Current
planning for our Labor Council Meetings include local Union problems,
as well as Political strategies to improve the lives of all Working Families.
Please plan to attend or send a delegate from your local. We're looking
forward to seeing you then. There is a map posted on this site, but
if you still have any question of how to get to the Meeting place, please
E-Mail or 'phone us, and we will do our best to give you more complete
directions.
 Our
COPE actions during Elections may have been
successful, but now it's time to make
sure our Local Representatives pass The Right to Organize act!
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Labor
Council
News |
Watch
this site for more news and announcements!
Don't forget to reserve the date for our June
10th, 2010 Meeting
on Thursday, June 10th, 2010, at the usual
time of 7:00 PM.
Our Meetings are currently at the Plumbers' and Pipefitters' Local Union
773 Hall at 30 Bluebird Road, South Glens Falls - in Moreau, but
continue to check the Directions
page for new maps and more info on our
future meeting places.
Our Meetings concentrate on our own local
area plans as well as the wider "Up-State"
plans from CDALF,
and the State-wide activities of our NYS AFL-CIO
We also support and encourage Labor-friendly government locally, state-wide,
and nationally. We coordinate with and help - and are
helped by - other pro-Labor organizations such as the Solidarity
Committee, and the Labor-Religion
Coalition.
Come talk with other Unions' Delegates who have already "been there".
Labor still has a lot of non-union workplaces to Organize -- and a lot
of workers who would
like to be Unionized, but are afraid
of losing their jobs if they try to exercise their rights. We also
have other issues that affect the welfare of all workers, and even though
the badly cut-down Health Care reform bill has passed, we still need a
Universal Health Care bill, which will also ease the pressure on employers
to shift insurance costs to their workers in order to compete with other
countries that already have it -- better health care at lower cost for
everyone.
All Union Locals can and should have full
representation in Labor Councils regardless of other affiliation, so if
you have any questions, come and ask.
Do plan to attend our Meetings and forums, and since we welcome extra visitors
to our Meetings from Labor even if they are not voting Delegates, please
feel
free to bring along some of your other Members as well.
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Remember,
except in unusual circumstances like ice and snow emergencies, our annual
Candidates' Nights, or our Annual Holiday Meeting and Celebration, all
of our meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the second Thursday of
the month.
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