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3,700 unionists lobby for jobs, health care

February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

WASHINGTON (PAI) – Energized by rousing speeches and armed with reams of data about the impact of U.S. factories’ decline, 3,700 industrial union delegates lobbied lawmakers on Feb. 4 on several key goals: universal health care,...

Yale unions & community unite

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As snow fell here at noon on Jan. 27, hundreds of Yale workers rallied for a new union contract outside the hotel where negotiations were taking place.

Bush budget blasted

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

President Bush’s $2.23 trillion budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 is loaded with more than a trillion dollars in tax breaks for the rich, increased spending for the military-industrial complex and cuts in funding...

World labor: Let the inspectors work

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The AFL-CIO added its voice to the growing opposition to war with Iraq last week when federation President John Sweeney joined with John Monks, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, to urge President Bush...

Labor, community gird for Feb. 15 UN march

February 7, 2003

NEW YORK – Across the city and the nation there has been a surge of activity as unions, community organizations, churches and individuals organize for what is shaping up to be the largest mobilization yet against...