Coalition of Law Enforcement Unions Applauds State Lawmakers for their Work on Police Reform
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A broad coalition of Washington state law enforcement unions, representing more than 14,000 officers, released a letter Wednesday urging lawmakers to continue their work on police accountability reform in the 2021 legislative session. We do not want the tragedies that have occurred across our nation and here in Washington to be repeated, said Teresa Taylor, Executive Director of WACOPS. We support accountability for officers and employers. We support fairness, balance, and objectivity. We want to help build policies that will make the law enforcement profession better and our communities safer.
USW Demands Justice for Victims of Grupo Mexico
Fifteen Years After Mine Disaster, Lack of Accountability Still Hurts Workers
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The United Steelworkers (USW) union issued the following statement as workers prepare to mark the anniversary of the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster that took place Feb. 19, 2006:
Fifteen years after an explosion killed 65 workers at the Pasta de Conchos mine in Sabinas, Mexico, justice has still not been served.
One of the worst mining disasters in the country s history, the incident became still more horrifying when the mine s owner, Grupo Mexico, called off the search for survivors after only five days and sealed all but two of the victims bodies inside the mine.
/PRNewswire/ The 800 registered nurses at St. Vincent Hospital will receive a boost on Thursday afternoon as Massachusetts junior senator Edward Markey.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Drivers and helpers for Shred-it in Pawtucket, RI voted overwhelmingly, 13-2, to join Teamsters Local 251 in Woonsocket on Friday. The 20-worker unit overcame an aggressive anti-union campaign by management throughout the organizing drive. We are proud of what we accomplished in this election. Despite the company s efforts to divide and scare us, we stood strong to win a voice on the job, said Josh Linton, a Shred-it driver who played a key role in the unionization effort. We knew better than to fall for the company s lies. I applaud my co-workers for sticking together.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The following is a statement from Marcus W. King, President of Teamsters Local 331 and Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission: As we reflect upon all of the progress our country and our union have made for racial equality, we are reminded that our work is far from finished. The history of our union and the history of the civil rights movement are deeply intertwined, just as the work we do today for racial and economic justice is deeply intertwined. In 1917, the Teamsters won a clause in a contract for women laundry workers that required equal pay regardless of race – the first such color blind contract clause of its kind. Today union contracts are indispensable to narrowing the racial wealth gap. Black and white Teamsters rode buses together to Washington so they could lobby in favor of the civil rights act, just as today black and white Teamsters visit state capitols th