DPE NewsLine

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.

May 2012

    • 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

April 2012

      • 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

March 2012

      • 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

February 2012

        • 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

December 2011

          • 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

November 2011

            • 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

October 2011

            • 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

September 2011

            • 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

July 2011

            • 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

June 2011

            • 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

May 2011

            • 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

April 2011

            • 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

March 2011

            • 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

February 2011

            • 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

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