John Sweeney
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Sweeney
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Labor
They heard
November 17, 2006Do you think they heard us this time? Although the Bush administration and its congressional allies have done a very good job of ignoring working families for six years, I think they must have heard us...
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Labor
Why we fight for immigrant rights
May 5, 2006Many workers — union and nonunion — ask why unions support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Why, as one member puts it, are we fighting for the “illegals who have been taking our jobs”?...
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U.S.
Remarks for the TWU Local 100 Rally, New York City
April 27, 2006This is an historic moment and the MTA should take note of our solidarity. We are all here — Denis Hughes, Randi Weingarten, Pat Lynch, Jim Little, my brothers Mike Fishman, Denis Rivera and Bruce Raynor,...
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Bushs flex time/comp time hoax
August 23, 2004President George W. Bush’s call for “flex time” and “comp time” is really about giving America’s corporations the flexibility to cheat their workers out of overtime pay after 40 hours a week.
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Another world is possible
February 8, 2002On Jan. 31, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney warned the World Economic Forum (WEF) that working people had come to the group’s annual meeting, held Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, to “challenge Enron economics at home and...
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