Labor
Workers Correspondence — After 13 weeks, a slap in the face
May 28, 2008I have written tons of letters and blogs the past few months but I have been so overwhelmed with this that I really wasn’t sure of my thoughts. I have been quite vocal and supportive of...
Read moreNon-union home builder feels the heat
May 24, 2008BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — To wear a lemon costume in public you have to be pretty serious about your cause. So upset was Terry Templeton with the inferior construction of her Pulte-built home that the Arizona resident...
Read moreIndian workers on hunger strike rally at the Capitol
May 22, 2008A group of Indian workers and their supporters in the U.S. labor movement rallied at the U.S. Capitol building May 20 after the workers staged a 'water only' strike at the White House that began six...
Read moreEditorial: Look whos talking about the working class
May 22, 2008If Marx and Engels were around today, listening to the corporate media pundits on cable and in print, they might have started their Manifesto with, “A spectre is haunting the U.S. 2008 elections – the spectre...
Read morePhoto gallery: Silicon Valley janitors go on strike
May 22, 2008MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (5/20/08) -- Silicon Valley janitors, mostly immigrants from Mexico and Central America, walked out of Cisco Systems and Yahoo buildings in the first day of a Bay Area-wide strike intended to force building...
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