LABOR COUNCIL OFFICERS SWORN IN

Cincinnati City Councilmember, Cecil Thomas, administered the Oath of Office to the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council officers elected in March at the May Delegates Meeting. The delegate body re-elected the unified executive board and added two new members. President Joseph Zimmer and Executive Secretary-Treasurer Douglas E. Sizemore will lead the Labor Council for the next four years.

MAY 9, 2008

UNIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY HONOR FALLEN WORKERS

On Monday, April 28th the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council held its annual Workers' Memorial Day event at the UAW 647 Hall in Greater Cincinnati. Over 350 people attended to pay tribute to local area worker's that lost their lives on the job in 2007. Keynote speaker, Governor Ted Strickland, spoke passionately to the large crowd about the strong efforts labor has put forth in the past decades to protect all workers from unnecessary injuries and fatalities at the workplace.

MAY 5, 2008 PHOTOS


SW OHIO REGIONAL POLITICAL TRAINING

Over 100 union activists gathered at the Laborers 265 Hall in Evanston on Monday, April 21st for the second phase of trainings for Labor 2008. Joe Rugola, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO, Doug Sizemore, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council, and Wes Wells, Executive Director of the Dayton AFL-CIO Labor Council kicked off the event. The labor leaders will be the driving force in 2008 as working families TURN AROUND AMERICA.

APRIL 22, 2008 PHOTOS


The 10th Annual Labor/Religion Dinner was held on Thursday, April 17th at the Vernon Manor Hotel. The dinner was sponsored by the Cincinnati Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice (CICWJ) and the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council. The annual event is an opportunity to celebrate the continuous partnership and leadership of the Labor and Religion communities. Reverend Paula Jackson from Church Of Our Saviour was the keynote speaker and Matt Ryan, Lead Organizer for SEIU Local 3, received the Fr. Joe Peschel Award for his work on the Justice for Janitors campaign.

APRIL 18, 2008 PHOTOS

McCAIN'S TAX DAY

On Tax Day, April 15, workers and union leaders rallied at the main post office in Cincinnati on Dalton Ave to let local citizens know that "McCain wants to TAX our health care". As Cincinnatians dropped off their taxes, the activists handed out informational lit about McCain's devastating health care plan.

APRIL 16, 2008 PHOTOS

CINCINNATI AFL-CIO AND UNION ACTIVISTS RALLY TO EXPOSE MCCAIN'S INACTION ON OUR HOUSING CRISIS

As cold rain turned into blistering snow, a large group of union members from the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council and allies rallied outside a campaign event in Cincinnati for Sen. John McCain this morning with a critical question for the senator: Where's the plan? This group of some 50 working people rallied to bring attention to McCain's "do-nothing" policy on foreclosures that are affecting thousands of working families in Ohio, a state with 153,196 home foreclosure filings in 2007--88 percent more than in 2006. The past two days in Ohio, McCain offered nothing but campaign platitudes and empty rhetoric to address the growing housing crisis. Meanwhile, greedy subprime lenders are forcing families out of their homes daily--more than 12,000 Cincinnati working families have had the American Dream stolen from them by greedy corporate subprime lenders in the last year alone. What's John McCain's response? Do nothing.

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