Union Movement Faces Unusual Times
A fragment notes unsettled conditions within the labor union movement signaling atypical challenges for organizing. The terse line hints at broader social or economic pressures affecting collective action.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1995
Page
1
Unions must labor to fix what's broken in AFL-CIO
The piece surveys strain within the labor movement as AFL-CIO faces a contested presidency and merger talks. John Sweeney leads SEIU in a bid to reshape strategy, arguing for stronger organizing and targeted political spending amid calls for reform and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afl-Cio
John Delaney
University of Iowa
John Sweeney
Service Employees International Union
SEIU
Lane Kirkland
Sweeney
Tom Donahue
Kirkland
American Labor Movement
Americans split on unions as poll shows support and concern
A Time-CNN poll found 68 percent of Americans say workers still need labor unions, down from 73 percent in 1990. Forty percent say unions have too much power, 38 percent view them unfavorably, and 44 percent hold a generally favorable view. The survey of 800 adults was conducted Aug 23-24 by Yankelovich Partners Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNN
Yankelovich Partners Inc
UN demands Brings NATO airstrikes if Serbs resist Sarajevo siege
United Nations reopened a key route into Sarajevo and gave Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic a deadline to remove heavy weapons and halt attacks. If demands are unmet NATO airstrikes could resume after 11 p.m. Monday. U.N. chief spokesman Chris Gunness said attacks on Sarajevo and three safe areas Tuzla Gorazde and Bihac would trigger a rapid NATO response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
United Nations
U.N
Saraje
Chris Gunness
Ratko Mladic
Tuzla
Gorazde
Bihac
NATO
Mladic
Gunness
Bosnia
Arson-for-profit scars U.S. forests
Arsonists ignite U.S. national forests to profit from fire equipment leases burned timber and firefighting contracts. In the Southeast about 90 percent of federal fires are deliberate, California state data show arson causes most damage, and prosecutors say arson for profit drives many blazes and related contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
America
Michael Francis
National Forest
The
Wilderness Society
Washington
Allen Polk
U.S. Forest Service
California
Karen Terrill
State Forestry Department
Charles Stevens
U.S
Immigrant Fights Urge to Pocket $600 Found at McDonald’s
Victor Bacelis, a Mexican immigrant working over 90 hours weekly across three jobs in Fremont, finds an envelope with more than $600 on a Memorial Day weekend floor. He reports it to police and donates the money to the Latino Morrow Donor Program for 22 month old Adrian Sandoval awaiting a bone marrow transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight-Ridder
Fremont
Calif
Victor Bacelis
McDonald’s
McDonald's
Bacelis
Adrian Sandoval
Mission San Jose
Bears maul Vikings in Chicago season opener
The Chicago Bears defeated Minnesota 31 to 14 to start the football season. The result highlights the Bears offense and defense in the season debut at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
Vikings
Chicago
Chicago Bears
Minnesota
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