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8/05/03
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Messenger
The
Electronic Newsletter of the
Florida
AFL-CIO
New
Members according to the AFL-CIO Work in Progress
This week's WIP: 173
Year to date: 92,126
AFL-CIO
Presidential Forum To Be Televised Tonight!
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES FORUM--Be sure to watch C-SPAN for live coverage of the
national AFL-CIO forum for presidential candidates focusing on working
family issues Aug. 5 in
Chicago
at
8 p.m. ET
, in conjunction with
the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting. All current Democratic candidates
are scheduled to attend. President George W. Bush has been invited to
speak to the council in
Chicago
or at a specially
scheduled meeting. The AFL-CIO asked the presidential candidates to
respond to a detailed questionnaire about issues critical to working
families such as jobs, health care, retirement security, education,
corporate accountability, a strong and secure
America
, civil and human rights
and the freedom of workers to form unions. You can read their responses by
visiting www.aflcio.org/candidates2004.
AFL-CIO
WORKING FAMILIES PRESIDENTIAL FORUM
TUESDAY, AUG. 5
BROADCAST LIVE ON C-SPAN
7 P.M. CENTRAL
8 P.M.
EASTERN
WE
NEED YOUR LABOR DAY NEWS
Some
of you have responded…thanks! To
the rest…keep ‘em coming!
Labor Day is OUR
holiday! The
Florida
AFL-CIO is compiling a press packet
to send out to state-wide media to help promote your Labor Day events.
This is the best time of year to discuss the working families
agenda and the press is already calling us looking for information about
labor day events across the state. As
you plan your events please let us know and we will include it in our
press packet. Also, we will
advertise your events on our website so that others can find out about
them and help you celebrate. Resources
and flyer toolkits are available at www.aflcio.org
and as always the state fed will be happy to help you plan for the media
at your event. Send your
information or requests for assistance to rtemplin@flaflcio.org.
Thanks!
Forget
Med Mal…let’s party!
Lawmakers stiff voters to party in Big Apple
(
08/04/2003
© Florida
Today)
Florida
legislators, who in
three sessions this year haven't solved the problem of medical-malpractice
insurance, aren't letting that stop them from having a good time. The
failure of House and Senate members to reach a workable agreement on the
issue caused Gov. Jeb Bush to cancel a fourt...
Infighting
capping Medical malpractice debate
(08/04/2003 © Palm
Beach Post)
TALLAHASSEE -- The
Republican tide that washed over the legislature in 1996 and swept Gov.
Jeb Bush to unprecedented power in 1998 may be receding. At the very
least, it has become clear that there are limits to Bush's political power
in
Florida
. Bush acknowledged as
much Thursday when he ...
Duval
group calls for King s removal
(08/04/2003 © Jacksonville
Business Journal)
Duval group calls
for King's removal John Snow A group of Duval County Republicans are
calling for the removal of state Sen. Jim King as Senate president, citing
incompetence, neglect of duty and disloyalty to the party among other
factors. Dr. Glenn W. Knox, a spokesman for the group, sai...
Medical
malpractice costs influential, but not the final word, for doctors setting
up practice
(
08/04/2003
© Naples
Daily News)
Physicians do
consider the medical malpractice climate of a state when deciding where to
hang their shingle, a recent federal study concluded. But what's likely to
carry more weight is where they did their residencies, one of the
researchers with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi...
A
good day for workers…bad for Service Worst.
Group
trying to drown Service First
(08/04/2003 © Tallahassee
Democrat)
Two years ago,
Gov. Jeb Bush set out to fight bureaucracy, cut personnel expenses and
make state employment systems more like those in the private sectors. He
called it 'Service First.' And now, the employee organization that calls
it 'Service Worst' is trying to tie it up in a costly bureaucr...
No more
dolphins and wear your seatbelt!
Lawmakers:
End the specialty license plate
(
08/04/2003
© Bradenton
Herald)
FORT LAUDERDALE
- If protecting dolphins
or finding a cure for breast cancer is your cause,
Florida
has a license plate for
you. If you're more inclined to fishing, golfing or rooting for the Miami
Dolphins, no problem. There are vehicle tags for all of that too. To
please constituents, promote w...
New
campaign seeks tougher seat-belt law for Florida
(08/04/2003 © Miami
Herald)
State Rep. Irv
Slosberg, a South Florida legislator whose teenage daughter died in a
traffic crash seven years ago, wants voters to do something the
Legislature hasn't done: allow law enforcement officers to stop a driver
solely for not wearing a seat belt. The Boca Raton Democrat is launching a
...
DCF
Character
training riles DCF workers
(08/04/2003 © Florida
Today)
TALLAHASSEE --
Children and Families director Jerry Regier is using his fundamental
Oklahoma roots to make employees of Florida's embattled agency participate
in mandatory character-training sessions. Regier has contracted with
Oklahoma City-based Character Training Institute. The nonprofit comp...
Look
out for the 3rd Graders!
Florida
Politics
Political
Ticker: Unlimited donations surpass $2 million
(08/04/2003 © Florida
Times-Union)
More than $2.3
million in soft money and other donations from Jacksonville went to the
local and state Democratic and Republican parties during the six months
surrounding the mayor's race, reports show. The donations, virtually
unlimited, unlike contributions to candidates, helped pay for ads, ca...
Sen.
Dockery Greasing Up the Gears In Race to Be State Senate President
(
08/04/2003
© Lakeland
Ledger)
State Sen. Paula
Dockery wants to be president of the Florida Senate. The Lakeland
Republican confirmed those rumors last week while in
Washington
. She said Friday she
plans to begin a strong effort to become president of the Senate in 2008.
Sitting beside her during the telephone interview was t...
The
Verizon saga continues
VERIZON
TALKS CONTINUE--Contract negotiations between
two unions, the Communications Workers of America and
the Electrical Workers, and Verizon Communications continued late Monday
afternoon past an Aug. 2 strike deadline. The key issues are job security
and company demands that workers pay more for health insurance. The 80,000
union members in 12 states authorized a strike if a fair contract could
not be reached by the deadline. Verizon is the world's third largest
telecommunications company, making a profit of $4.1 billion last year.
Verizon
workers prep for walkout
USA
Today
8/1/03
Verizon,
2 unions still at odds on pact
Baltimore
Sun 8/1/03
Verizon
Talks Bog Down as Deadline Nears
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
With a strike deadline set for Sunday morning, Verizon and
its two main unions again reported no progress in
negotiations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/02/business/02BELL.html?th
Verizon
and Unions Report Significant Progress
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Verizon
and two unions continued intense contract talks
after the unions waived a strike deadline set for Sunday morning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/business/04VERI.html?th
Verizon
Talks Are Less Upbeat as Union Cites Unresolved Issues
The
New York
Times
8/5/03
Election
2004
Teamsters
Likely to Back Gephardt
The LA Times
8/1/03
Still
in the Running
The
Washington
Post
8/2/03
9
Democrats seek AFL-CIO endorsement
The
San Francisco
Chronicle
8/5/03
Unions'
numbers shrinking, but political clout grows
The
Kansas City
Star
8/5/03
Lieberman
assails Democratic rivals as being too liberal
The
Washington
Post
8/5/03
Affirmative Action Foe's Latest Aim Complicates California Recall
Vote By DEAN E. MURPHY Ward Connerly, hailed and reviled as a leading
black opponent of affirmative action, is the force behind a ballot
initiative banning the collection of racial data in
California
.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/national/03RACE.html?th
Controller
Dispute Threatens F.A.A. Budget for Coming Year
By MATTHEW L. WALD
A dispute over whether the jobs of 3,000 air traffic controllers should be
contracted out to a private company is threatening the Federal Aviation
Administration bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/politics/03AIR.html?th
Medicare Drug Bill Held Up by Dispute on Discount Cards
By ROBERT PEAR
A relatively minor part of legislation adding drug benefits
to Medicare has become a major source of disagreement, lawmakers
and administration officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/politics/04MEDI.html?th
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