The American Petroleum Institute and 15 labor unions announced today the historic creation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, which will work to promote job retention and growth. In a post yesterday, I reported that a major labor-management announcement would be made during an API-hosted call-in news conference this morning. That conference [...]
Entries from June 2009
API, 15 Labor Unions Create Historic Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee
June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: · american petroleum institute, api, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, International Association of Bridge, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, international brotherhood of teamsters, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, International Union of Elevator Constructors, international union of operating engineers, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Iron Ship Builders, Laborers’ International Union of North America, oil and natural gas, oil and natural gas companies, oil and natural gas industry labor-management committee, Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, Structural, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
Chevron Lawsuit Post Highlighted at SFGate.com
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments
My latest findings related to the Amazon Defense Coalition’s flimsy lawsuit against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador are highlighted in a report on the San Francisco Chronicle‘s SFGate.com blog this morning. Chief among the findings highlighted by San Francisco-based video blogger Zennie Abraham in the video above and in text and video here is the fact [...]
Tags: · adc, amazon defense coalition, chevron, court-appointed expert, ecuador, ecuadoran government, richard cabrera, San Francisco Chronicle, selviva, sfgate, the blog report, zennie 62, zennie abraham, zennie62
Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB (Updated)
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in the video above — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president. What he needs to [...]
Tags: · Air Force, Congress, Department of Defense, enid, enid news and eagle, great depression, international association of machinists and aerospace workers, labor union, local lodge 898, military bases, northwest oklahoma, Oklahoma, Pentagon, pilot training, pilot training base, rick boardman, strike, student pilots, union, vance, vance afb, vance air force base
Photo of the Week: Injured Airlift Near Abu Ghraib
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Photo of the Week by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Peter Ford: U.S. Army soldiers prepare to take injured soldiers to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, June 3. To see other photos of American warriors serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world, click here.
Tags: · abu ghraib, air cavalry, Army, black hawk, injured airlift, injured soldiers, Iraq, photo of the week, U.S. Army, uh-60 black hawk, uh-60 black hawk helicopter, us army soldier
Major Labor-Management Announcement to be Made During API News Conference Wednesday (Updated)
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Officials at the American Petroleum Institute inform me that API President and CEO Jack Gerard and representatives of 15 labor unions will make a major labor-management announcement during a call-in news conference Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. In an e-mail from API, I learned that the list of individuals who will be participating in the [...]
Tags: · afl-cio, american petroleum institute, api, api chairman, building and construction trades, devon energy, doug j mccarron, international union of operating engineers, j larry nichols, Jack Gerard, labor-management announcement, mark h ayers, united brotherhood of carpenters and joiners
RNC Video Explains Government-Run Health Care
June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Yesterday, in response to President Barack Obama’s push for government-run health care, the Republican National Committee released the video above which highlights the long waits, rationed care and limited choices that would result from Obama’s plan. To learn more about the plan, see these BMW posts: Obama Health Care Reform Full of Deception; Obama’s Health [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, doctors, Government-Run Health Care, government-run healthcare, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, limited choices, long waits, Obama, obama's plan, president barack obama, president obama, private insurers, rationed care, Republican National Committee, RNC
ABC to Turn Over Programming to White House
June 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Drudge is reporting that ABC is turning over its programming to the White House on the night of June 24 so that President Barack Obama can push his dangerous health care reform plan (For background, see posts here, here and here). The piece includes the text of a letter sent by Ken McKay, Republican National [...]
Tags: · ABC, Barack Obama, Drudge Report, Healthcare Reform, White House
