Labor

Who are they trying to kid?

September 13, 2008

John McCain, while publicly distancing himself from President Bush, has presented an economic program that is a continuation of Bush’s policies. So an assessment of the administration’s record is in order. In his Aug. 30 radio...

Labor says enough to GOP sideshows

September 13, 2008

‘It’s not guns, gays and Palin — it’s the survival of U.S. workers’‘ A united labor movement this week fired several shots aimed at drawing attention to real election issues that the Republicans want to bury...

Workers continue Boeing shutdown, job security key issue

September 11, 2008

Boeing workers are prepared for a long strike to prevent their jobs from being outsourced as their shutdown of the nation’s largest airplane maker enters its fourth day. Mark Blondin, the chief negotiator for the International...

The cruelty of modern-day slavery in U.S. farm fields

September 11, 2008

In a dehumanizing federal case, five members of the same family in Immokalee Fla. pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan farmworkers for more than two years. Slavery in the U.S. has been banned...

Agriprocessors Inc. faces union fight in Brooklyn warehouse

September 10, 2008

The Forward, America’s most influential Jewish newspaper, is running a story on immigration and labor issues at the Agriprocessors Brooklyn plant that reveals the Rubaskins likely were knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. In addition, a case involving...