International – Page 636

Rural union leader under threat in Colombia

February 7, 2003

Trade unionists in Colombia continue to face threats to their very lives as they fight an uphill battle to protect the rights of both urban and rural workers. Last week the International Union of Food, Agricultural,...

Report takes aim at sweatships

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Two British organizations recently released a report that paints a grim picture of working conditions on cruise ships, tarnishing the fun, romantic image that the cruise ship industry has cultivated.

World labor: Let the inspectors work

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The AFL-CIO added its voice to the growing opposition to war with Iraq last week when federation President John Sweeney joined with John Monks, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, to urge President Bush...

World Social Forum: Where the hopes of the world are gathered

January 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – 100,000 representatives of the world’s peoples came together in the World Social Forum here to say in one thunderous voice: No to war, no to global capitalist military and economic domination! Another...

Bush policies blasted At UN

January 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Faced with growing international skepticism, George W. Bush used much of his State of the Union Address in an attempt to build support for his drive to war with Iraq.