Sit-in!
CHICAGO — “We’re here to demand our rights,” said Manuella Rivera in a gentle but firm voice, “and we’ll stay until we get justice.” Rivera, a 58-year-old window assembler, is among 250 courageous workers at Republic Windows and Doors who have occupied the plant since Dec. 5 when it was shut down after the company’s main financer, Bank of America, refused to extend a line of credit.
Only one fix for auto industry: nationalize it
A raging debate is under way across the country, in Congress and between the incoming Obama and outgoing Bush administrations on the fate of the auto industry. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler CEOs have faced tough questioning in Congress. GM is begging for $25 billion to keep it and its ailing Detroit counterparts going. But nobody seems too thrilled about the prospect.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As you likely know, we have been experiencing heavy delays in the delivery of subscriptions to you, our readers. This has been going on for some time, since we began shipping the People’s Weekly World from Chicago. We have traced the trouble to the Chicago post office, but the issue is endemic. Across the country, postal processing facilities have been consolidated, against the wishes of the postal workers’ unions, into understaffed super centers. Other small, national publications have reported the same troubles.
Hurricane Ike: Dj vu all over again
GALVESTON, Texas — After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many speculated that if a similar disaster hit Texas, the Bush administration would respond more positively. Over two months after Hurricane Ike struck, the evidence suggests otherwise.
Street theater links general strike date to todays struggles
OAKLAND, Calif. — For a moment last weekend the leaves of the calendar flipped backward, as Latham Square in the center of downtown became again the site of that great post-World War II demonstration of labor solidarity, the Oakland General Strike of 1946.
