Labor
Iranian govt uses force on Tehran transport strikers
February 3, 2006Iranian police brutally attacked activists of the Tehran and Suburbs Public Transport Trade Union over the Jan. 28-29 weekend. Their strike was violently broken up and nearly 1,200 trade union activists and strikers were arrested. The...
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PEOPLES HEALTH: Mineworker president on coal tragedies
February 3, 2006Putting “the coal industry in charge” of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is leading to dangerous conditions for the nation’s coal miners, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts told lawmakers at a Jan. 23...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 3, 2006Legal services union: ‘Impeach Bush/Cheney’ Both Bush and Cheney should be impeached for lying to the American people in order to start an unjust war, and for spying upon civilians without a warrant, said a resolution...
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Memorial honors labor organizer, professor Clinton Jencks
January 27, 2006SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A memorial tribute here Jan. 8 celebrated the life of legendary labor organizer Clinton Jencks, who died in San Diego Dec. 15 at the age of 87. Jencks, an international representative of...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
January 27, 2006AFSCME, SEIU unite against cuts Two of the nation’s largest unions of health care workers are joining forces to target 11 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives in an all-out effort to defeat budget...
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