Labor
Year opens with 2 more deaths in the mines
January 19, 2007CUCUMBER, W.Va. — James “Butch” Thomas, 47, and Pete Poindexter, 33, were working a mile and half inside the Brooks Run Company’s Cucumber mine, Jan. 13, when the roof collapsed, killing both miners. There were 35...
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Boost minimum wage, right to organize
January 19, 2007There are many vital issues that helped forge the alliance that dealt such a devastating blow to the immoral ultra-right cabal last Nov. 7. Perhaps one of the least sung but critically important sectors is the...
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Teachers union endorses antiwar rally
January 19, 2007Workers’ Correspondence Over 1,000 union representatives and delegates attending the United Federation of Teachers Delegate Assembly on Jan. 10 gave a rousing response to President George Bush even before he gave his speech calling for an...
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Labor to Senate: Raise minimum wage with no strings attached
January 19, 2007WASHINGTON — The broad labor-led coalition supporting the Democrats’ “100 Hour Agenda” in the 110th Congress hailed the 315-116 House vote Jan. 10 to raise the minimum wage to $7.25, and urged the Senate also to...
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Picket supports Woodfin Suites workers
January 12, 2007Community support continues for workers at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif., threatened with firing after they called on management to obey the city’s living wage ordinance. In October, the hotel sent 21 workers, all...
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