The purpose of this newsletter is to inform you of recent activities by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) as well as emerging issues affecting the professional and technical workforce. NewsLine is published every month. Visit archive of back issues.
- 40 Million Jobs: Intellectual Property Matters
- DPE and Allies Fend Off Cut in Information Technology Overtime Pay
- DPE Joins Strategy Session on Immigrant Workers
- Kim Roberts Hedgpeth Steps Down from SAG-AFTRA and DPE
- DPE Latest: Health Care, Nursing, And Organizing
- Advocacy for the Arts
- DPE Signs On
- DPE In the News
- SAG-AFTRA: Big Votes, Huge Majorities Merge Two Unions into One
- DPE, AFL-CIO: Strengthen Overtime Pay Law, Protect IT Professionals
- DPE Updates Guest Worker Visa Report
- DPE: Curb Expansion of L-1B Visas
- Sen. Blumenthal Introduces Bill to Correct Radical Redefinition of ‘Supervisor’
- Actors’ Unions from Three Continents Host DPE Presentation
- DPE Executive Committee Shares Updates
- Education, Jobs, and the Economy
- Chemical Society Briefs Congress on STEM Education
- Please Join Us March 16: ‘The King Behind King’
- Slash Information Technology Pay? Senate Bill Draws EPI Analysis, Media Attention
- AFT, DPE Expand Discussion of Digital Theft
- DPE Hosts Radio Hall of Famer and Union Leader Bob Edwards
- J Visas: Almeida Tells IFPTE the Facts
- AFL-CIO Launches Revamped Website
- DPE Joins Meeting on Trans-Pacific Partnership
- DPE Signs On
- Please Join Us Feb. 28: Bob Edwards, a Legendary Voice on Radio and for Labor
- Bills Opposing Digital Theft Stall in Congress
- DPE Battles Bill to Cut Computer Workers’ Pay
- SAG and AFTRA Boards Send Merger Proposal to Members for Vote
- NLRB: Symphony Musicians are Employees, Not Independent Contractors
- Almeida Discusses High-Tech Employment
- Reaching Out to Professional Associations: American Library Association Midwinter Meeting
- Professional Integrity Coalition Welcomes AFGE
- AFL-CIO Celebrates 50 Years of Collective Bargaining for Federal Employees
- Pride at Work Honors Solidarity
- DPE Provides Latest Info: Intellectual Property Theft
- DPE In the News
- DPE Signs On
- Almeida to House Judiciary Committee: Stop Online Piracy
- White House Event Launches Public Education Campaign against Online Crime
- Attack Government to Attack Workers: The Assault on the NLRB
- A Bipartisan Bad Idea: Cut Pay for Computer Professionals
- Nominations Wanted: Honor Libraries Working With Labor
- Napoleón Gómez Urrutia Honored With Meany-Kirkland Award
- DPE In the News
- DPE Signs On
- Francine Lawrence Elected DPE Treasurer
- Decision-Makers Brief AEMI Unions on Intellectual Property
- Almeida Addresses Issues of Foreign Labor in U.S. at George Washington University
- On Capitol Hill, Almeida Speaks Against Online Theft
- Reaching Out to Professional Associations: American Public Health Association
- House of Representatives Tackles Rogue Websites
- New Book Looks Abroad To Improve Immigration To U.S.
- AFT Bids Farewell to Toni Cortese
- AFL-CIO Charters Taxi Workers, Discusses New Ways that Workers Build Power
- DPE Latest: Safe Staffing, Professional Women, and Pharmacists
- DPE Marks Three Noteworthy Events: Latino Heritage, Women Organizers, Economists
- DPE In the News
- DPE Signs On
- Almeida to National IP Rights Center: Online Theft Hurts Workers
- House Of Representatives Poised to Submit a Bill on Intellectual Property
- “Professionals for the Public Interest” Moves Policy, Plans Forums
- DPE Gears Up for APHA: “Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies”
- High School Texts Forget Labor History
- DPE Latest: 1) School Administrators, 2) Guest Workers and the STEM Workforce
- DPE Welcomes Research Intern
- DPE In the News
- Celebrate Unions for Labor Day: Tweet!
- DPE Treasurer Antonia Cortese Retires
- National Labor College Honors Entertainment Union Leaders, Building Trades
- At Georgetown University, Almeida Calls For Immigration Reform
- DPE Commends Agreements to Curb Digital Theft, Notes Government Leadership
- Endowment for the Arts Showcases Perspective of DPE Unions
- Professionals In The Workplace Updated
- Pursuing RESPECT Again?
- DPE Signs On
- 44,000 Transportation Security Officers Choose AFGE
- Countering the Assault on Public Services and Unions
- Writers Guild East Recommends Internet Policies to Congress
- Leaders Take New Roles at Annual DPE General Board Meeting
- American Library Association Convenes, DPE Contributes
- Intellectual Property: Moving Legislation, Coordinating Enforcement
- SAG and AFTRA Start Formal Discussions of Single Successor Union
- American Rights at Work Honors James Cromwell
- “China Policy: Where Do We Go From Here?”
- DPE Attends Immigration And Competitiveness Event
- DPE Signs On
- DPE in the News
- Four Presidents, One Theme: Digital Theft Hurts U.S. Workers
- DPE Commends PROTECT IP Act
- New DPE Report Shows Value of Unions for Professionals
- So-Called Independent Contractors: New DPE Guide for Misclassified Employees
- This Month! American Library Association, June 23-28
- DPE Latest: Library Workers, Service Sector, And Employee Free Choice Act
- NEA Reports on Value of Performing Arts
- EPI Explores Interns in the Labor Market
- DC Bar Association on Employment-Based Visas
- DPE Signs On
- DPE: For U.S. Workers and Jobs, Defend Intellectual Property
- Whistleblowers, Science, and Professional Integrity
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: Consulting Labor At Last
- Library Workers, Unite! American Library Association, June 23-28
- New Video Spotlights Performers With Disabilities
- Act April 4! Support Public Employees and Collective Bargaining
- From Intellectual Property and Federal Budget to Football and Robocalling
- DPE Executive Committee Focuses on the State of the States
- Professionals Organize! Victories In 2010
- DPE Reaches Out to Administration and Congress on Visas
- Celebrate Equal Pay and Library Workers on April 17
- Coalition Tackles Scientific Integrity and the Executive Branch
- DPE to Congress: Defend U.S. Workers by Defending Intellectual Property
- Russell Library Awarded 2011 John Sessions Memorial Award
- Register NOW! April 4 Forum on Research Integrity in Philadelphia – http://www.pftpi.org/
- David White, Mary McColl Elected to DPE Executive Committee
- Administration, Senate, DPE Focus on Intellectual Property
- DPE Provides Latest Info: Guest Worker Visas, U.S. Health Care
- DPE Responds to Call for More H-1B Visas
- National Endowment for the Arts Presents Three Arts Participation Reports
- J. David Cox Elected DPE Chair
- IP, the VP, and DPE
- Shape Research Integrity Globally: April 4, 2011 PftPI Forum in Philadelphia
- Actors’ Equity Welcomes New Executive Director, Bids Fond Adieu
- PftPI Develops Future Forums, Position on Scientific Integrity
- Reaching Out to Professional Associations: American Library Association Midwinter Meeting
- GAO Releases H-1B Report
- New! DPE Fact Sheet on Independent Contractors
- DPE Signs On