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CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL NEWS September 2012

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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2 3 Lee County—Labor Day Pictures

3 4 South Central IFL— Des Moines—Labor Day Pictures

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4 5 Des Moines/ Henry—Burlington—Labor Day Photos

5 6 Southern Iowa Labor Council—Ottumwa Labor Day Activities

6 7 Hawkeye Labor Council—Cedar Rapids 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 The Hawkeye Labor Presented by the Labor Center, University of Iowa Council will sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive, from 1 PM A discussion of the Affordable Care Act to 7 PM on September 26th. This will be held at and its impact on you and your family. IBEW Local 405 Hall, 1211 Free and open to the public. Wiley Blvd SE, Cedar Rapids. What’s in the law? What is ObamaCare and how United Way does it change health care in America? Appreciation Myth v. Reality: People are saying all kinds of On September 20th, the things about ObamaCare, but what’s really Hawkeye Labor Council will be true? hosting an event to recognize and show appreciation for What About the Future? What can we expect those union people who give at now that the Supreme Court has found the law is a leadership level to Eastern constitutional? Iowa United Way. DATE: Thursday, September 27th This event is organized by Jay Larson, Hawkeye Labor TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Council United Way Labor Liai- son. LOCATION:IBEW Local 405 Hall, Ken Sagar, President of 1211 Wiley Blvd SW, Cedar Rapid the Iowa Federation of Labor is the main speaker at this event. Read This: Great Article Questions? Call 319-396-8461. http://thegazette.com/2012/09/09/union- members-give-back-but-quietly/

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Christie Vilsack, was a keynote speaker at the Iowa Federation of Labor Convention in early August.

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.

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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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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 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.

12 13 Iowa Federation of Labor Endorsed State Candidates

26 71 Mark Smith SD NAME 28 Megan Suhr 72 Nathan Wrage 4 Bob Jennings 29 Dan Kelley 73 Dick Schwab 6 Mary Bruner 30 Joe Riding 75 Sandra Cronbaugh 8 31 Rick Olson 76 Rachel Bly 14 Dick Schrad 32 77 Sally Stutsman 16 Dick Dearden 33 Kevin McCarthy 80 Joseph Judge 18 34 Bruce L. Hunter 81 22 Desmund Adams 35 Ako Abdul-Samad 82 Curt Hanson 24 Shelly Stotts 36 83 26 Mary Jo Willhelm 38 John Pheonix 85 28 John Beard 39 Kelsey Clark 86 30 Jeff Danielson 40 John Forbes 88 Sara Sedlacek 32 Brian Schoenjahn 41 89 34 44 Eric Brennemann 90 36 Steve Sodders 45 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell 91 John Dabeet 38 Shelly Parbs 47 Donovan Olson 92 Frank Wood 42 Rich Taylor 49 Kevin Ericson 93 44 Thomas G. Courtney 51 Eric Hungerford 94 Maria Bribriesco 46 Chris Brase 53 Sharon Steckman 95 Kristin Keast 48 Nate Willems 56 Patty Ruff 97 Ted Whisler 49 Rita Hart 58 Tom Schueller 99 Pat Murphy 50 59 100 Chuck Isenhart HD Name 60 Bob Greenwood The candidates listed here have been endorsed based on their 61 7 John Wittneben record and/or on their responses 9 62 Deb Berry to the Iowa Federation of 12 Dan Muhlbauer 63 Labor’s candidate questionnaire. 13 64 Bruce Bearinger 14 David Dawson 65 15 Warren Yaple 66 16 Heidi Guggisberg-Conners 67 Mark Seidl 20 Greg Nepstad 69 Kirsten Running- Marquardt 21 John Rose 70 25 Katie Routh

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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 Quad City Fed of Labor President Cal Eckhoff President Jerry Messer 319-240-8145 Central Labor Councils 563 - 323 -3655 [email protected] Contact & Meeting [email protected] Web page—click here Web page—click here Meeting Info: Information Meeting Info: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm 3rd Monday, 6:00 pm Labor Temple 4600 46th Ave Suite 4 1695 Burton Ave, Waterloo Rock Island, IL

Clinton Labor Congress Hawkeye Labor Council North Central Fed South Central Iowa Fed President Dave Keefer President Shelley Parbs President Dale Struecker President Mark Cooper 309-788-4569 Ext 232 319-396-8461 515-955-8301 515-265-1862 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Web page—click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Meeting Info: Meeting Info: Meeting Info Meeting Info: 1st Monday, 7:30 pm 4th Tuesday, 5:30 pm 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm 2nd Wednesday, 6:00 pm Democratic Headquarters IBEW Local 405 Credit Union - basement Machinists Hall 226 22nd Place, Clinton 1211 Wiley Blvd SW, CR 13 S. 3rd St, Ft Dodge 2000 Walker St, Des Moines

Des Moines/Henry County Iowa City Fed of Labor North Ia. 9 Labor Council S. Iowa Labor Council President Sherri Riney President Patrick Hughes President Mike Herman President Steve Siegel 319-754-7034 319-530-6248 641-430-6754 515-971-3325 [email protected] [email protected] cmfish11@gmail,com [email protected] Web page—click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Meeting Info: Meeting Info: Meeting Info: Meeting Info: 2nd Monday, 6:00 pm 3rd Thursday, 6:00 pm 4th Thursday, 6:00 pm 3rd Monday, 5:00 pm Machinists Hall Estdale Plaza, Suite 19 Labor Temple 510 S. 1305 E Mary 1700 S. First Ave., Iowa City Hwy. 34, West Burlington Pennsylvania, Mason City Ottumwa

Dubuque Fed. of Labor Lee County Labor Council NW Iowa Labor Council SW Iowa Labor Council President Bruce Clark President Buddy Howard President John Hamm President Bill Biede 563-599-7725 319-524-3011 712-233-1218 402-250-0943 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Web page—click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Web page — click here Meeting Info: Meeting Info: Meeting Info: Meeting Info: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm 3rd Thursday, 7:00 pm 3rd Monday, 7:00 pm Labor Temple Keokuk Labor Temple UFCW Local 222 FF Local 15 1827 S 8th St 3038 S. Lakeport, 1610 Garfield, Dubuque 301 Blondeau, Keokuk Council Bluffs Sioux City

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