Labor
AFL-CIO president: Bush AWOL on jobs crisis
March 12, 2004BAL HARBOR, Fla. – “The jobs crisis has become a national disaster,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. And during this crisis, “George Bush has been AWOL,” he added. Sweeney spoke at the federation’s annual winter conference...
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Confronting grief with prayer and struggle
March 5, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. – Lee Hamilton wears two buttons. Standing like many other working-class guys, with hands in his jeans’ pockets, sporting a sweatshirt and baseball cap emblazoned with “Meat Cutters Union,” he wore one small United...
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UNITE and HERE unions announce merger
March 5, 2004The strength of two newly-combined unions may be put to the test even before the merger process is completed, as hotel workers in nine of Los Angeles’ largest hotels face expiration of their contracts in mid-April....
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Grad students GET-UP and strike for justice
March 5, 2004PHILADELPHIA – Hundreds of University of Pennsylvania graduate student employees held a two-day strike Feb. 26-27 to protest the university administration’s refusal to recognize their right to join a union. One year ago, the National Labor...
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Teachers stick with union, scorn Paige attack
March 5, 2004Workers’ Correspondence While Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s recent statement that the National Education Association is a “terrorist organization” is disturbing enough in itself, his apology issued later that same day is even more alarming. Secretary...
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