Labor
Rally protests cuts in widows pensions
August 27, 2004EAST CHICAGO, Ind. – Over 500 outraged steelworkers marched at Ispat-Inland Steel here Aug. 9 to demand an end to cuts in widows’ pensions. They carried signs blasting Lakshmi Mittal, controlling owner of the profitable steel...
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Why working people must defeat Bush in November
August 27, 2004NEW YORK – Recently, while announcing a major anti-Bush labor protest during the Republican National Convention, New York City Central Labor Council (NYCCLC) President Brian McLaughlin called George W. Bush “the working person’s worst nightmare.” Indeed,...
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Union cites perils of unmanned locomotives
August 21, 2004PINE BLUFF, Ark. (PAI) — Another “remote-controlled” train accident could have been a terrible catastrophe, but wasn’t, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen newspaper reported. BLE, which has campaigned against railroads’ use of engineer-less locomotives,...
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UFCW breakthrough at Wal-Mart in Quebec
August 21, 2004JONQUIERE, Quebec (PAI) — The United Food and Commercial Workers broke through the Wal-Mart blockade on Aug. 3, becoming certified to represent 160-170 workers at the retailer’s supercenter in Jonquiere, Quebec. And this time, the decision...
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Calif. hotel workers rally for contracts
August 21, 2004Thousands of California hotel workers rallied in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego Aug. 13 to press their contract demands, with health care, pensions, contracting out, workload and wages heading the list. UNITE HERE, which...
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