Labor
Michigan grad students win gains
April 22, 2005Despite threats of retribution and tense negotiations that included a one-day walkout, graduate student instructors (GSI) at the University of Michigan claimed a major victory when their membership ratified a three-year contract with the university on...
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Service workers tell UC: Living wage now!
April 22, 2005BERKELEY, Calif. — Hundreds of striking service workers, other campus workers, students and faculty gathered on the steps of International House on the University of California–Berkeley campus April 14 to greet incoming UC Chancellor Robert Birgeneau...
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New industrial union pushes working-class power
April 22, 2005LAS VEGAS — It was the fire from below that powered up the merger convention of the USWA and PACE, held here April 11-14. Five thousand workers, their families and guests shared stories of battles on...
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Labor, immigrant rights groups oppose Real ID Act
April 15, 2005Labor and immigrant rights organizations assembled at San Jose’s State Building April 7 to kick off national days of action against the Bush administration’s virulently anti-immigrant Real ID Act, now pending in the Senate. They urged...
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Remembering those who serve A tribute to Americas food-and-beverage workers
March 11, 2005“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, and Rich Edwards, a wine steward at L’Auberge de Sedona restaurant in Arizona, kisses his son...
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