Labor

They heard

November 17, 2006 By John Sweeney

Do 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...

Labor board leaves workers in twilight zone

November 10, 2006

The U.S. Department of Labor’s web site refers to the National Labor Relations Act, passed in 1935, as “labor’s Magna Carta,” extolling the fact that the act guarantees “workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.”...

Education is a right: New Yorkers fight for fair funding

November 10, 2006

NEW YORK CITY — In 2001, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse ruled that New York State was in violation of its own Constitution which guarantees every child the right to a “sound, basic...

Workers not at fault in BPs deadly blast

November 10, 2006

Chemical board blames corporate cost-cutting Agreeing with the Steelworkers union and strongly rejecting company claims of workers’ guilt, the federal government’s chemical safety investigations board threw the book at British Petroleum on Oct. 31 over the...

Civil rights legend Pancho Medrano honored

November 10, 2006

NewsAnalysis DALLAS — Activists here honored one of the nation’s most distinguished civil rights figures Nov. 4. On legislation originated by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), who represents East Dallas, the Lakeland Hills Post Office was...