Labor
César Châvez Day in a time of nativism
April 9, 2004Opinion In a preview of his new book “Who Are We: The Challenges to America’s National Identity,” Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington writes: “The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into...
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Gentle Giant
April 9, 2004At 79, he has outlived his most outspoken critics and several spans of public scorn. Most of those who know his name today are activists or labor liberals – and they have only praise for him,...
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LABOR UPDATE
April 9, 2004No security for IMF security guards The International Monetary Fund’s private security contractor, Wackenhut Corp., has suspended two employees who are leading an effort to form a union. A majority of security officers at the IMF...
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Nightmare on April 15
April 9, 2004Many years ago I heard the theory expressed that taxation was a new form of exploitation of the working class that had reached confiscatory levels. I never imagined that one day this would be the horrific...
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Weirton steelworkers accept new contract
April 9, 2004Union workers at the bankrupt Weirton Steel Corporation in Weirton, W.Va., voted 2,104-231 in favor of accepting a labor contract offered by the mill’s prospective buyer, ISG, according to a report from Associated Press. The five-year...
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