Labor
Hotel room attendants tell their stories
January 26, 2007SAN JOSE, Calif. — The walls of the meeting room were lined with photos of dozens of women, their warm and friendly faces contrasting sharply with the close-ups of their swollen, work-scarred hands, mounted below. The...
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If clinics close, where will sick go?
January 26, 2007CHICAGO — The battle to fund human needs instead of war or tax breaks for the super-rich found its expression right in the heart of the Midwest. A serious fightback is emerging here, after newly elected...
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Colombia: murder and migration
January 23, 2007Development projects anywhere in the world often have a high human cost. In Colombia, the price is often measured in human lives and blood. Esperanza (she would risk her life, she says, if her real name...
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Year opens with 2 more deaths in the mines
January 19, 2007CUCUMBER, W.Va. — James “Butch” Thomas, 47, and Pete Poindexter, 33, were working a mile and half inside the Brooks Run Company’s Cucumber mine, Jan. 13, when the roof collapsed, killing both miners. There were 35...
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Boost minimum wage, right to organize
January 19, 2007There are many vital issues that helped forge the alliance that dealt such a devastating blow to the immoral ultra-right cabal last Nov. 7. Perhaps one of the least sung but critically important sectors is the...
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