1 CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL NEWS IOWA 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. 1 2 Obama at Living History Farms—continued 2 3 Lee County—Labor Day Pictures 3 4 South Central IFL— Des Moines—Labor Day Pictures . 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/ 7 8 NW Iowa “ 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. 8 9 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. 9 10 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. 10 11 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. 11 12 Iowa City Federation of Labor—Iowa City 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 Scott Ourth 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 Michael Gronstal 31 Rick Olson 76 Rachel Bly 14 Dick Schrad 32 Ruth Ann Gaines 77 Sally Stutsman 16 Dick Dearden 33 Kevin McCarthy 80 Joseph Judge 18 Janet Petersen 34 Bruce L. Hunter 81 Mary Gaskill 22 Desmund Adams 35 Ako Abdul-Samad 82 Curt Hanson 24 Shelly Stotts 36 Marti Anderson 83 Jerry Kearns 26 Mary Jo Willhelm 38 John Pheonix 85 Vicki Lensing 28 John Beard 39 Kelsey Clark 86 Mary Mascher 30 Jeff Danielson 40 John Forbes 88 Sara Sedlacek 32 Brian Schoenjahn 41 Jo Oldson 89 Jim Lykam 34 Liz Mathis 44 Eric Brennemann 90 Cindy Winckler 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 Phyllis Thede 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 Pam Jochum 59 Bob Kressig 100 Chuck Isenhart HD Name 60 Bob Greenwood The candidates listed here have been endorsed based on their 61 Anesa Kajtazovic 7 John Wittneben record and/or on their responses 9 Helen Miller 62 Deb Berry to the Iowa Federation of 12 Dan Muhlbauer 63 Bill Heckroth Labor’s candidate questionnaire. 13 Chris Hall 64 Bruce Bearinger 14 David Dawson 65 Tyler Olson 15 Warren Yaple 66 Art Staed 16 Heidi Guggisberg-Conners 67 Mark Seidl 20 Greg Nepstad 69 Kirsten Running- Marquardt 21 John Rose 70 Todd Taylor 25 Katie Routh 13 14 IOWA ! 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 14 15 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.