Recent Statements and Releases

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November 17, 2009
“Retrofit Roadshow” Rolls into Las Vegas
November 6, 2009
Unemployment Spike in Construction – a Key Driver of U.S. Economy – Cries Out for Investment that Puts People to Work Building America
November 5, 2009
LIUNA and Sierra Club Join Together as Local Green Jobs Training Program Graduates First Seattle-Area Weatherization Class
November 2, 2009
LIUNA Files CEO Succession Proposal at Bank of America
October 30, 2009
Weatherization Works – and Puts Local People to Work
October 30, 2009
Colorado Workers Graduate Green Jobs Training Program, Ready for Employment Weatherizing Homes
October 29, 2009
LIUNA – One of the Nation’s Largest Unions of Construction Workers – Testifies for Job-Creating Investments During Senate Hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
October 27, 2009
SEC Removes Barrier Preventing Shareholders from Voting On Corporate Accountability and Reform
October 8, 2009
BMHC Workers – Building for Pulte Homes, Other Homebuilding Corporations – Win $241K in Wage Fraud Suit
September 29, 2009
“Retrofit Roadshow” Rolls into Cincinnati
September 24, 2009
Federal Court Denies Attempt by Pulte Homes Inc. to Silence Working People Who Spoke Up for Construction Workers Dismissed by the Homebuilder
September 24, 2009
Homebuyers File Complaints Against Nation’s Largest Corporate Homebuilder Alleging Deceptive Practices
September 16, 2009
Labor Secretary Praises LIUNA’s Weatherization Training Program
September 1, 2009
D.C. Home Weatherized for Free to Kick-off Breakthrough National Green Jobs Training Program
August 10, 2009
LIUNA President Terry O’Sullivan Tells National Clean Energy Summit: “If It Doesn’t Put Green in Working People’s Pockets, It’s Not a Green Job”
July 9, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Reported Move Away from Taxing Health Care Benefits


July 2, 2009

Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Today’s Jobs Report

June 30, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on the Suspension of LIUNA’s Healthcare Ads in Montana and North Dakota

June 16, 2009

Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on the Surface Transportation Bill and Opposing the Proposed Delay
June 12, 2009
LIUNA Members Lead Effort to Stop Taxation of Health Care Benefits
June 8, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on the Obama Administration’s Acceleration of the Economic Recovery Plan
 
June 5, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Today’s Jobs Report
June 4, 2009
LIUNA Calls on Pulte Board to Listen to Shareholders and Replace Three Directors Who Failed to Win a Majority Vote in an Unopposed Election
May 15, 2009
LIUNA Calls for Replacement of Three Pulte Directors After They Failed to Win a Majority of Shareholder Votes – Even Though They Were Unopposed
May 13, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA on Creating Good Jobs and the U.S. Senate’s Water Infrastructure Financing Act
May 8, 2009
Statement of Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Today’s Jobs Report
April 28, 2009
As Fallen Workers are Mourned on Workers' Memorial Day, LIUNA Calls for Commitment to Keeping Workers Safe

April 24, 2009
LIUNA Again Calls for Reform at Largest Credit Rating Agencies

April 23, 2009
Report Details How Corporate Homebuilders' California Mortgage Practices Pressured Buyers and Limited Choices, Contributing to Housing Crisis
April 23, 2009
Report - Cruel Hope: The Abusive Practices of Homebuilders and Their Mortgage Subsidiaries in California

April 17, 2009
Weyerhaeuser Shareholders Back LIUNA Call for Reform

April 15, 2009
Homeowners Travel Cross-Country to Raise Foreclosure, Housing Defect Concerns with Lennar Corporation
April 3, 2009
Statement of Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Today’s Job Loss Report Showing that Construction Workers Continue to Experience Depression-Level Unemployment
April 2, 2009
Foreclosed Homeowners Fight Back Against KB Home

March 27, 2009
LIUNA Outraged by Drastic Cuts in Service at Largest Indian Health Service Facility in U.S.
March 23, 2009
Statement of Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA on the Corporate Version of the Employee Free Choice
March 10, 2009
Statement of Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA on the Introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act in Congress

March 6, 2009
Statement of Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA, on Today’s Job Loss Report Showing the Construction Industry in a Near Depression