 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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September
will soon be Coming,
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with Labor
Day picnics, elections, Autumn leaves - and lots of good healthy work!
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Our next Meeting is on a SPECIAL place
and date -
on Wednesday,
September
8th, 2010,
at 6:00 PM
Arranged by CDALF and Combined with Saratoga CLC, in Malta.
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Our Meeting after that is back
on
Thursday,
October
14th, 2010,
at 7:00 PM
as usual, at the
Plumbers' and
Pipefitters' Local Union 773 Hall,
in
Moreau.
at 7:00
PM, October 14th,
2010.
Come
and participate!
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EVERYONE HAS RIGHTS AT
WORK:
If you believe this, help spread the word in the Glens Falls, Queensbury,
and Lake George area: join our caravan on Saturday
morning August 14th, starting at 10AM. (Meet at Mt.
Royal Plaza on Rt. 9, about one mile south of I-87, Exit 20.)
We will travel together to distribute information at coin-operated laundries
and other sites.
At noon, enjoy a free information-sharing lunch with workers and their
families at Hudson Falls United Methodist Church.
Sponsored by the Labor-Religion Coalitions of the Adirondack Area &
Capital District, this Council, and other groups, in partnership with the
NYS Department of Labor.
Call 518/ 698-3365 for directions or visit http://www.labor-religion.org/worker-rights-wage-theft-main.htm
or http://www.Adk-LRCoalition.org
All are welcome.
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Volunteer to "man" a Table!
We will be co-hosting another Labor information and Votor-Registration
table at Sandy Hills Days on September 10th and 11th, as
we did for the
Whipple City Days in June, and need to set
up another 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
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Remember:
the Health Care Reform bill squeaked by and passed,
BUT
it's very weak. 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 August 18th,
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!
 Click
for our Calendar and Area Union Schedules.
Click
here for maps and information about our Meeting places (to
be updated as info comes in).
 New
schedules of films shown at the Rock Hill
Bakehouse and Cafe' will resume being posted
later.
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Labor
Council
News |
Watch
this site for more news and announcements!
Reserve the date for our Special
Election Season Labor Forum
in Malta, September
8th, 2010 Meeting
combined and co-hosted with the Saratoga
Labor Council, on Wednesday,
September 8th, 2010, at the earlier time
of 6:00 PM.
But don't forget to also reserve the date for our October
14th, 2010 Meeting
on Thursday,
October 14th, 2010, at the usual time of
7:00 PM.
Most of 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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