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July 2003

Don't Miss The AFL-CIO Working Families Presidential Forum!
Candidates for the Democratic Presidential Nomination will voice their views on working family issues at the AFL-CIO Working Families Presidential Forum, broadcast live on C-SPAN from the Navy Pier in Chicago...July 22, 2003.

House Upholds Overtime Regs; Fight Not Over
The U.S House of Representatives, by a vote of 213-210 defeated a provision that would have barred the Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing proposed regulations that would cut overtime pay for millions of workers....July 14, 2003.

Bill Would Nix Overtime Rules
Two members of Congressone from each side of the aislehave stepped up with legislation to stop the U.S. Labor Department from implementing rules that would eliminate overtime pay for more than eight million workers...July 14, 2003.

Bush: Dont Ask, Dont Tell To Repetitive Motion Injuries
The Bush administration has cancelled plans to require employers to report repetitive motion injuries on Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) forms....July 1, 2003.

Attention IBEW Business Managers
New Local Connections section added to Web site.  The password protected private section will be for surveys and reports from local unions as well as for downloads from the International Office.  Watch the mail for your username and password.

Hundreds Attend Rally To Protect Overtime Pay
Chanting and cheering, hooting and hollering, hundreds of workers rallied in front of the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday to protest the systematic unraveling of one of the most basic tenets of American workaday life: the 40-hour workweek...July 1, 2003.

NOTICE: Medicare Alert Revised
During the early morning hours of Friday, June 27, 2003, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed different versions of Medicare Prescription Drug coverage and so-called Medicare Reform....July 1, 2003.