Labor
Connecticut PWW Friends honor workers with Newsmaker Awards
May 14, 2008Newly organized union members, activists and community leaders gathered in New Haven on Sunday May 4 to celebrate the annual presentation of Peoples Weekly World Newsmaker Awards for International Workers Day. Two thousand dealers at Foxwoods...
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Young workers discuss future in labor movement
May 14, 2008“Why don’t young workers have an affiliate within the AFL-CIO?” This was one of the questions raised on May 3rd in a strategy session held at the National Conference of Jobs with Justice. young workers, organized...
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Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts
May 13, 2008WASHINGTON--Top company officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where nine miners perished in August 2007, concealed facts that would have prevented the deaths and should be criminally charged, according to a Congressional report...
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Protect Social Security customer service
May 10, 2008Workers’ CorrespondenceWe thought the push to privatize Social Security was dead. Failing to privatize Social Security, the administration has slashed the agency’s budget. These tactics ensure that the next time we have to fight to save...
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Reclaiming May Day: Marching together for all workers
May 10, 2008U.S. workers are reclaiming May Day, which they initiated over 120 years ago, and are giving the day new meaning in the drive to end the war and occupation in Iraq. Reflecting the holiday’s origins when...
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