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CENTRAL CENTRAL CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILLABOR COUNCILLABOR COUNCIL NEWSNEWSNEWS
September 2012
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President Obama made a visit to Living History
Farms in Urbandale, September 1, 2012, to a crowd
of over 10,000.
Congressman Leonard Boswell as well as Senator
Harkin addressed the crowd prior to Obama speak-
ing.
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Obama at Living History Farms—continued
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Lee County—Labor Day Pictures
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South Central IFL— Des Moines—Labor Day Pictures
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Des Moines/ Henry—Burlington—Labor Day Photos
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Southern Iowa Labor Council—Ottumwa Labor Day Activities
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Hawkeye Labor Council—Cedar Rapids
The Hawkeye Labor
Council will sponsoring a Red
Cross Blood Drive, from 1 PM
to 7 PM on September 26th.
This will be held at
IBEW Local 405 Hall, 1211
Wiley Blvd SE, Cedar Rapids.
United Way
Appreciation
On September 20th, the
Hawkeye Labor Council will be
hosting an event to recognize
and show appreciation for
those union people who give at
a leadership level to Eastern
Iowa United Way.
This event is organized
by Jay Larson, Hawkeye Labor
Council United Way Labor Liai-
son.
Ken Sagar, President of
the Iowa Federation of Labor is
the main speaker at this event.
ObamaCare Upheld! What Does it Mean?
Sponsored by the Hawkeye Labor Council, AFL-CIO,
The Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Building Trades Council and the
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Presented by the Labor Center, University of Iowa
A discussion of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on you and your family. Free and open to the public.
What’s in the law? What is ObamaCare and how does it change health care in America?
Myth v. Reality: People are saying all kinds of things about ObamaCare, but what’s really true?
What About the Future? What can we expect now that the Supreme Court has found the law is constitutional?
DATE: Thursday, September 27th
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 pm
LOCATION:IBEW Local 405 Hall,
1211 Wiley Blvd SW, Cedar Rapid
Questions? Call 319-396-8461.
Read This: Great Article
http://thegazette.com/2012/09/09/union-
members-give-back-but-quietly/
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NW Iowa
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Christie Vilsack and Steve King have scheduled debates dates
September 17—7 pm Mid-American Publishing (sponsor), Hampton, IA
Windsor Theater.
September 27—7—8 pm. KTIV & Northwestern College (sponsors), Or-
ange City, IA. Tickets are available to attend this event. Email to de-
[email protected] to get tickets.
October 5 , IPTV, Carroll, Santa Maria Winery.
October 9 Sioux City Journal and KCAU are sponsors, even will be
held in Sioux City.
October 30 7—8 pm, Globe Gazette, Three Eagle and KIMT (sponsors),
NIACC Auditorium in Mason City.
Christie Vilsack, was a keynote speaker at the Iowa Federation of Labor Convention in early August.
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NW Iowa
Northwest
Hall of Fame Din-
ner in Sioux City
The Northwest Iowa La-
bor Council will be hosting it
annual Hall of Fame Dinner,
September 29, in Sioux City
The dinner will be at the
Sioux City Hotel, 707 Historic
4th Street in Sioux City.
There will be social time
starting at 5:30 pm and Dinner
will be at 6:30 pm.
James Kavanaugh,
Business manager for IBEW
Local 231, and William
Schmitz, former President
UFCW Local 222, International
Vice President, and Director of
the Packing House Division for
the UFCW, will be inducted in-
to the Northwest Iowa Labor
Council Hall of Fame this year.
Tickets are $25 per seat
of you can get a table of eight
for $175. Please RSVP by
September 14.
Accommodations for the
Sioux City Hotel $62 per room.
You can make reservations by
call 1-800-593-0555
For more information,
call 712-251-7779 Mike Peters, and Lance Jahn, political representatives participate in the Iowa Federation
of Labor’s Labor 2012 training in Des Moines.
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CLINTON LABOR DAY PHOTOS
Go to the AFL-CIO’s Working Families Toolkit as a great
source of materials that you can customize on
various issues.
This is a great tool for
posters, flyers and pag-
es in your newsletters.
Click on Working Fami-
lies image.
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Iowa City Federation of Labor—Iowa City
Iowa City Costco Action for
Palermo Pizza Workers
The Iowa City Federation of Labor
voted to support the Palermo Pizza Workers
campaign, with letter writing, leafleting and
other planned actions.
The CLC wrote a letter to New Pio-
neer Co-op asking them to honor the boy-
cott.
Members of the Iowa City Federa-
tion of Labor, Teamsters 238, AFT 716, CCI
and U of I students all participated in a leaf-
let action at the Costco in the area. They al-
so presented a letter to management at
Costco asking them to honor the boycott
and stop selling Palermo Pizzas (sold under
the name of Kirkland), until the action is
resolved.
The leaflets were informational and
also asked the customers to contact manage-
ment.
The Fed just found out that Paler-
mo’s Pizza is the “official pizza” of the Iowa
Hawkeyes. They are planning more actions
around this new information.
The AFL-CIO just recently author-
ized an official boycott of Palermo Pizzas,
due to the company’s anti-union, anti-
worker mentality.
People are encouraged to call Paler-
mo management at 414-643-0919, ext. 0 and
ask them to reach a settlement with the
workers and let them form a union.
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Out walking for
candidates in Eastern
Iowa.
Johnson County City
Fed Delegates and union
members walked in the Fourth
of July Parades in Coralville,
Oxford, and Hills.
They also walked at the
Solan Beef day July 21.
Top Right: AFSCME 12
member Tom Jacobs.
Middle: AFT 716 Dave
Leshtz and Rod Sullivan, and
IBEW Bill Hanes.
Bottom Left: IUPAT
447 Scott Smith.
Bottom Right AFSCME
Bob Huber.
Photos taken by Tom
Jacobs.
Iowa City Federation of Labor—Iowa City
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Iowa Federation of Labor Endorsed State Candidates
SD NAME 4 Bob Jennings
6 Mary Bruner
8 Michael Gronstal
14 Dick Schrad
16 Dick Dearden
18 Janet Petersen
22 Desmund Adams
24 Shelly Stotts
26 Mary Jo Willhelm
28 John Beard
30 Jeff Danielson
32 Brian Schoenjahn
34 Liz Mathis
36 Steve Sodders
38 Shelly Parbs
42 Rich Taylor
44 Thomas G. Courtney
46 Chris Brase
48 Nate Willems
49 Rita Hart
50 Pam Jochum
HD Name
7 John Wittneben
9 Helen Miller
12 Dan Muhlbauer
13 Chris Hall
14 David Dawson
15 Warren Yaple
16 Heidi Guggisberg-Conners
20 Greg Nepstad
21 John Rose
25 Katie Routh
26 Scott Ourth
28 Megan Suhr
29 Dan Kelley
30 Joe Riding
31 Rick Olson
32 Ruth Ann Gaines
33 Kevin McCarthy
34 Bruce L. Hunter
35 Ako Abdul-Samad
36 Marti Anderson
38 John Pheonix
39 Kelsey Clark
40 John Forbes
41 Jo Oldson
44 Eric Brennemann
45 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
47 Donovan Olson
49 Kevin Ericson
51 Eric Hungerford
53 Sharon Steckman
56 Patty Ruff
58 Tom Schueller
59 Bob Kressig
60 Bob Greenwood
61 Anesa Kajtazovic
62 Deb Berry
63 Bill Heckroth
64 Bruce Bearinger
65 Tyler Olson
66 Art Staed
67 Mark Seidl
69 Kirsten Running-
Marquardt
70 Todd Taylor
71 Mark Smith
72 Nathan Wrage
73 Dick Schwab
75 Sandra Cronbaugh
76 Rachel Bly
77 Sally Stutsman
80 Joseph Judge
81 Mary Gaskill
82 Curt Hanson
83 Jerry Kearns
85 Vicki Lensing
86 Mary Mascher
88 Sara Sedlacek
89 Jim Lykam
90 Cindy Winckler
91 John Dabeet
92 Frank Wood
93 Phyllis Thede
94 Maria Bribriesco
95 Kristin Keast
97 Ted Whisler
99 Pat Murphy
100 Chuck Isenhart
The candidates listed here have
been endorsed based on their
record and/or on their responses
to the Iowa Federation of
Labor’s candidate
questionnaire.
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IOWA
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I am proud to welcome back to Iowa, Governor Martin O'Malley, as this year’s special guest for the 35th Harkin Steak Fry! On Sunday, September 16th from 1:00-4:00pm we’ll gather once again at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Indianola for food, fun and good conversation. Get your ticket for the 35th Harkin Steak Fry today!
As Governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley is demonstrating real leadership to create jobs and expand opportunity. Under his leadership, Maryland has the #1 public schools system in the nation and his policies have helped to drive violent crime down in Maryland to 35-year lows. O’Malley has been an outspoken advocate for why we must re-elect President Obama to keep our country moving forward and make the economy work for the middle class. Ruth and I look forward to hosting him in our state and to having him share his thoughts on the political landscape at this year’s event. First held on a farm in Madison County, the Harkin Steak Fry has become a signature political event in Iowa. Past special guests have included Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Senator Al Franken and all of the major Democratic presidential can-didates in 2003 and 2007. Don’t miss this year’s Steak Fry, and get your ticket now for this historic event. For ticket information, directions, and to learn more about the Harkin Steak Fry, vis-it www.tomharkin.com or call 515-277-9966.
Thank you, and I hope to see you there!
Tom Harkin United States Senator
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AFL-CIO Endorses Nationwide Boycott of Palermo Products Calls for company to respect the voices of their workers
(Washington, D.C., August 9) The AFL-CIO endorsed a nationwide boycott of Palermo Villa Inc. in re-
sponse to the company’s blatant disregard of its workers’ choice to form a union. The boycott covers Paler-
mo’s brand pizza, “Classics” brand pizza and private label brand frozen pizza produced by Palermo including
Costco’s Kirkland brand. This endorsement is part of the continued support for the efforts of the Palermo
Workers Union by the United Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO, community and immigrant rights groups like
Voices de la Frontera and students from the United States Students Association, the nation’s largest and old-
est student-led organization.
“The twelve million union families of the AFL-CIO are proud to stand with these Wisconsin workers who
have bravely joined together for a voice on the job,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said. “Their cour-
age and strength are a model for working people around the country whose rights are being violated and voic-
es silenced. We hope that this boycott will encourage Palermo to finally respect its workers who work so hard
for them every day.”
Workers from Palermo, a large frozen pizza manufacturer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have been on strike
since June 1, 2012 to protest unfair labor practices. After the workers requested that Palermo recognize their
union and bargain with them over serious workplace problems, Palermo fired over 75 workers. Many work-
ers at Palermo face serious health hazards, have no sick days and make little more than the minimum wage.
Raul De la Torres, a Palermo worker said, “Everyone – workers, consumers and the community – have a rea-
son to be very concerned about Palermo’s actions. It’s shameful the company still refuses to recognize the
workers’ concerns or hear the voices of the community.”
Release online here: http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/AFL-CIO-Endorses-Nationwide-
Boycott-of-Palermo-Products
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Black Hawk Union Council President Cal Eckhoff 319-240-8145
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm Labor Temple 1695 Burton Ave, Waterloo
Clinton Labor Congress President Dave Keefer 309-788-4569 Ext 232
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 1st Monday, 7:30 pm Democratic Headquarters 226 22nd Place, Clinton
Des Moines/Henry County President Sherri Riney 319-754-7034
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 2nd Monday, 6:00 pm Machinists Hall Hwy. 34, West Burlington
Iowa City Fed of Labor President Patrick Hughes 319-530-6248
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 3rd Thursday, 6:00 pm Estdale Plaza, Suite 19 1700 S. First Ave., Iowa City
NW Iowa Labor Council President John Hamm 712-233-1218
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 3rd Thursday, 7:00 pm UFCW Local 222 3038 S. Lakeport, Sioux City
Quad City Fed of Labor President Jerry Messer 563-323-3655
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 3rd Monday, 6:00 pm
4600 46th Ave Suite 4 Rock Island, IL
Dubuque Fed. of Labor President Bruce Clark 563-599-7725
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm Labor Temple 1610 Garfield, Dubuque
Hawkeye Labor Council President Shelley Parbs 319-396-8461
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 4th Tuesday, 5:30 pm IBEW Local 405 1211 Wiley Blvd SW, CR
Lee County Labor Council President Buddy Howard 319-524-3011
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm Keokuk Labor Temple 301 Blondeau, Keokuk
North Central Fed President Dale Struecker 515-955-8301
Web page—click here Meeting Info 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm Credit Union -basement 13 S. 3rd St, Ft Dodge
South Central Iowa Fed President Mark Cooper 515-265-1862
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 pm Machinists Hall 2000 Walker St, Des Moines
S. Iowa Labor Council President Steve Siegel 515-971-3325
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 3rd Monday, 5:00 pm 1305 E Mary Ottumwa
SW Iowa Labor Council President Bill Biede 402-250-0943
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 3rd Monday, 7:00 pm FF Local 15 1827 S 8th St Council Bluffs
North Ia. 9 Labor Council President Mike Herman 641-430-6754
cmfish11@gmail,com
Web page—click here Meeting Info: 4th Thursday, 6:00 pm Labor Temple 510 S.
Pennsylvania, Mason City
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