Labor
N.Y. judge slams transit union
April 21, 2006NEW YORK — On April 10 Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones sentenced Roger Toussaint, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, to 10 days in jail for leading his union on a pre-Christmas three-day strike....
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Virginia students sit in, 17 arrested in solidarity with campus workers for living wage
April 21, 2006Seventeen University of Virginia students were arrested on the Charlottesville campus April 15 because they staged a four-day sit-in at the university president’s office. The students demanded the administration accept its “moral responsibility” and commit to...
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Thousands march for immigrant rights in San Antonio
April 20, 2006SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio School District students walked out of classes April 10 along with students from Alamo District to protest the immoral Sensenbrenner bill, HR 4437, which would criminalize many immigrants as “illegals” and...
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May Day/Cinco de Mayo supplement to print edition
April 14, 2006May Day/Cinco de Mayo supplement to print edition Advertise your book, bumper sticker, CD or DVD or send greetings in this special supplement to the print edition, which will be published in the May 6-12 issue....
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Victory! France scraps anti-labor law
April 14, 2006French President Jacques Chirac bowed April 10 to the pressure of millions of students and workers marching across France and withdrew a hated law granting employers the right to fire a young worker at will for...
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