Labor

Philadelphia Community rallies to save hospital

January 16, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – Overflow crowds are becoming commonplace in the battle to save historic Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital since the announcement Dec. 18 by Tenet Healthcare Systems of its plans to close the facility. The hospital...

Hey, Where did Wal-Mart come from?

January 16, 2004 By Wadi’h Halabi

Wal-Mart is practically synonymous with “cheaper labor.” Its U.S. clerks averaged $13,861 a year in 2001, some $800 below the miserable federal poverty line for a three-person household. Its subcontractors are infamous for their mistreatment of...

This Week In Labor

January 16, 2004

Anti-immigrant ads pollute airwaves It’s fertile conditions when economic times are bad to have someone to blame besides your rotten employer, said Iowa AFL-CIO president Mark Smith about anti-immigrant political ads that have been appearing on...

SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS Behind the handshakes lies resistance

January 16, 2004

George W. Bush’s handlers tried to prepare a soft-landing for him during his Jan. 12-13 trip to Monterrey, Mexico, but they failed.

Missouri Unions, students confront Bush

January 16, 2004

ST. LOUIS – Seven hundred union members, community leaders and student activists rallied outside of the America’s Center, Jan. 5, against President Bush’s overtime proposals as the president raised $2.8 million from wealthy Republican contributors –...