Legislative Alert: Ryan Budget

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to vote against the Republican budget resolution for FY 2012, drafted by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, when it comes to the floor of the House for a vote this week. The Ryan plan is a reverse Robin Hood approach to federal budgeting that would constitute the single largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in U.S. history, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and increase economic inequality and poverty more than any other piece of legislation in modern times, and perhaps in U.S. history

Legislative Alert: Rokita Amendment

[Excerpt] The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the Rokita Amendment to the Homeland Security bill that would deny basic collective bargaining rights to Transportation Security Officers (TSOs). The Rokita Amendment would single out TSOs from among the hundreds of thousand of Homeland Security Employees who currently have full collective bargaining rights, including the at Border Patrol, Federal Protective Service, the Coast Guard and U.S. Marshalls Service

Legislative Alert: H.R. 7

[Excerpt] With unemployment remaining at unacceptable levels and the state of America\u27s infrastructure in serious decline. Congress\u27s top priority should be to produce bipartisan surface transportation legislation that is focused on putting millions of Americans back to work rebuilding our nation\u27s infrastructure. Instead, H.R. 7 goes down a partisan path that will destroy thousands of jobs, undercut our nation\u27s commitment to mass transit, and weaken America\u27s global competitiveness. As a result, the AFL-CIO cannot support this bill in its current form

Legislative Alert: H.R. 4348

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO. I write in strong support of H.R. 4348, a bill to extend the surface transportation law until September 30, 2012. Time is running out to reauthorize the massive transportation infrastructure bill, which is currently operating on its ninth extension. Any further delay will render state and local governments unable to plan for the remainder of the construction season, putting tens of thousands of jobs at risk

Legislative Alert: FY2012 Financial Services

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to support the inclusion of five important sourcing reforms in the FY 2012 Financial Sendees appropriations bill when conferees convene on this important issue

Legislative Alert: FY12 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

[Excerpt] The AFL-CIO urges conferees to the FY 12 Agriculture Appropriations Bill to retain a common-sense reporting requirement, one which was first included by House Republicans in the FY04 bill: Provided, That no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Department\u27s contracting out policies, including agency budgets for contracting out

Legislative Alert: Nomination of Caitlin Halligan

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to support cloture on the motion to proceed to the nomination of Catlin Halligan to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and to vote for her nomination. Ms. Halligan is highly qualified to serve on this important court

Legislative Alert

Memo to faculty from Harry Robe regarding activities of the Kentucky Legislature involving higher education and the Coalition of Senate & Faculty Leaders

Legislative Alert: 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I write in opposition to provisions changing nuclear weapons worker health and safety programs that are included in the Ltouse Armed Services Committee\u27s 2013 National Defense Authorization bill. These changes would seriously weaken worker safety & health protections at Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complexes

Legislative Alert: Thank You to Patrick Leahy

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I want to thank you for holding a hearing on Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual Property. This hearing demonstrates that, despite being unfairly attacked for introducing S.3804, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) in the last Congress, you remain appropriately focused on combating the torrent of digital theft that robs U.S. jobs while threatening the health and safety of U.S. citizens. American workers greatly appreciate the courage and leadership you have once again displayed