Labor
AFL-CIO gets down to nuts and bolts
August 21, 2004CHICAGO — If America’s union members have anything to say about it, come Nov. 2 this country’s ship of state will be making a sharp course correction. And they’ll have plenty to say about it, judging...
Read moreDefeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up
August 21, 2004Leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance had a busy day planned for Aug. 21.
Read moreTalbert Trailer workers march for justice
August 13, 2004Rensselaer, Ind. — “Hands off our health care!” and “No justice, no peace,” echoed through the streets here July 31 as hundreds of steelworkers marched to protest the lockout of the Talbert Trailer workers. Talbert workers...
Read moreNYC Labor Council says, Bush must go!
August 13, 2004NEW YORK — On the morning of Aug. 2, representatives of New York City labor turned out for a press conference in front of Madison Square Garden, site of the Republican National Convention later this month....
Read moreCircuit-Wise workers: No to concessions
August 1, 2004NEW HAVEN, Conn. – “This company is asking for so many concessions, we would be paying Circuit-Wise to work for them, instead of them paying us for our labor,” charged Dorothy Johnson, president of United Electrical...
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