Labor
George Becker, former Steelworkers President
March 9, 2007George Becker, 78, former president of the United Steelworkers (USW), died Feb. 3 at his home in West Deer, Pa. Twice elected USW president, Becker served from 1993-2000, taking him through some of the most intense...
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If Sago happened today, loved ones would still die
March 9, 2007“Coal is more important than life.” That is how Pam Campbell, sister-in-law of miner Marty Bennett who died inside Sago Mine, sums up over a year of government and coal corporation stalls, speeches, secrecy and frustration....
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Labor sends a statement in Chicago
March 9, 2007“We sent a statement,” declared Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), in the afterglow of the Feb. 27 municipal elections. And what a statement it was. Organized labor and its community allies...
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Labor moves to offense
March 9, 2007Free Choice Act victory lays out bolder agenda on trade, health care and worker solidarityLAS VEGAS — The main focus of this week’s AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting was moving forward from the March 1 passage of...
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Workers, not guests
March 2, 2007Ten days before Christmas, the Woodfin Suite Hotel in Emeryville, Calif., fired Luz Dominguez and 20 other housekeepers. Managers announced they’d received a letter from Social Security saying the numbers they’d given when they were originally...
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