Daily Archives: October 24, 2009

elections, health care, labor

PA AFL-CIO Pres. Bill George to Cong. Jason Altmire – Vote right on healthcare or don’t come back

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PA AFL-CIO Pres. Bill George
PA AFL-CIO Pres. Bill George

by Randy Shannon 

October 23, 2009

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George, a former USW Local 1211 officer and an open hearth worker at Aliquippa’s former Jones &Laughlin  Steel, accepted the Beaver-Lawrence Labor Council’s honor of induction into the Labor Council Hall of Fame.

Labor Council Legislative Liason Charlie Hamilton also received a Labor Hall of Fame Award. Mr. Hamilton is a retired but dues paying member of the NALC Branch 84 and a former worker at Babcock and Wilcox. Mr. Hamilton talked about the union history of several generations of his family, and union activism as a way of life. 

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Constitution: Cong. Alan Grayson to House Republicans

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by Randy Shannon

A five minute lesson on an important clause of the U.S. Constitution was delivered yesterday by Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida to House Republicans who introduced a bill to forever exclude ACORN from receiving future  U.S. Government contracts. The nation was watching on C-Span as the extremist Republicans attempted a new line of attack on our democracy.

Grayson’s tone was appropiately direct and no-nonsense. I nomitate Congressman Alan Grayson of Orlando, Florida 8th District for the PDA’s October 2009 “Just Say No to Extremism” monthly award.

For more on this challenge to the Constitution go to the next page.

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