Conn Hallinan

Conn Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. A retired journalism professor, he previously was an editor of People's World when it was a West Coast publication.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan

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Steelworkers: Fighting to win
August 9, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
LAS VEGAS – A “corporate crime wave” is crushing steelworkers and their communities, charged Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), in his fiery opening address to the 31st USWA Constitutional Convention here,...
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Good times never been so good
August 2, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
First the steel industry, the dinosaurs, collapsed – 34 corporations in almost as many months. But that was no big deal – they were ancient history.
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Too young to die, we want pensions!
August 2, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
PITTSBURGH – For steelworkers, 1949 was the year their union struck for pensions and health care. The strike shut down the entire metal-working industry, including aluminum and can. Over half a million members of the United...
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Cross the border: Save a half a million
July 12, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
PITTSBURGH – Retired workers reporting the results of their RxExpress bus trips to Canada shone a spotlight on naked profiteering by prescription drug corporations.
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Demanding equality at Wal-Mart
June 28, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The National Organization for Women (NOW) lived up to its activist, “in-the-street” tradition at its national conference here last weekend. Delegates and guests took to their feet and grabbed their picket signs...
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Women gear up for 2002 elections
June 27, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
Pledge to ‘link arms’ vs. Right ST. PAUL, Minn. – The nearly 1,000 delegates and guests to the National Organization for Women’s (NOW) annual conference, held here June 21-23, are united to make a difference in...
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RxExpress called ‘unpatriotic’
June 21, 2002 By Conn Hallinan And John Pappademos
PITTSBURGH – Retired Pennsylvania workers experienced two surprises when they bussed into Canada to purchase prescription medications June 10. The first was that seniors can save significant amounts of money by merely crossing the Canadian border....
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Lockout at AK Steel: It’s a human struggle
May 10, 2002 By Conn Hallinan
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Scores of solidarity signs were planted along the approach to Hamilton Park, only blocks from the “scab” Armco Kawasaki (AK) steel mill complex here May 4. USWA Local 169 put out the call...
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