Labor

                
  • Unions say free trade pact would stoke Colombia strife

    Unions say free trade pact would stoke Colombia strife

    July 11, 2008

    Teamsters Union president James Hoffa and Jorge Gamboa, president of the National Petroleum Workers Union of Colombia, warn that ratifying the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” agreement would continue the long civil war that results in hostage-taking there....

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  • ICE throws working moms in jail

    ICE throws working moms in jail

    July 11, 2008

    ‘How does this keep this country safe?’ asks labor leader HOUSTON — 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept up and arrested 166 workers at Action Rags,U.S.A., June 25, just north of the Houston Ship Channel...

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  • Steelworkers vow to fight racism, elect Obama

    Steelworkers vow to fight racism, elect Obama

    July 9, 2008 By Scott Marshall And Denise Winebrenner Edwards

    LAS VEGAS — Over 3,000 Steelworker delegates filled the Las Vegas Bally Hotel convention center last week with raring-to-go enthusiasm for “taking back America for working people” in the 2008 elections. One delegate described it as...

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  • Workers at auto plant keep McCain at a distance

    Workers at auto plant keep McCain at a distance

    July 2, 2008

    Only a handful of auto workers at the Lordstown, Ohio plant showed up for a meeting that management arranged for those who wanted to meet Republican presidential candidate John McCain when he toured the plant June...

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  • Union takes a stand against cruelty

    Union takes a stand against cruelty

    July 2, 2008

    FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — The Unite Here union struck a blow June 24 against some particularly vicious anti-immigrant ordinances in place in a Texas town. One of the worst of those ordinances seeks to instill fear...

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