Labor
U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling
October 12, 2007Fernando Rodriquez, director of Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Colorado, took time out from the Congreso Latino meeting in Los Angeles last week (see story, page 3) to tell the...
Read moreAuto pact: the good, the bad and the ugly
October 12, 2007The wages and working conditions of union autoworkers have always set standards for all manufacturing. These in turn have put upward pressure on wages and benefits for all workers. But in today’s political and economic climate,...
Read moreAutoworkers: Round 2
October 12, 2007Chrysler, UAW agree on tentative pact DETROIT — About 43,000 autoworkers streamed out of their workplaces Oct. 10 at Chrysler plants across the nation, launching a second nationwide auto strike within a two-week period, but this...
Read moreJudge halts no-match letters
October 12, 2007On immigrant issue, unions win again in court battle vs. Bush By Mark Gruenberg SAN FRANCISCO (PAI) — Unions, led by the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees, and joined by allies ranging from the ACLU to...
Read moreReport shows worldwide war on labor
October 5, 2007In Guatemala, masked men shot and killed Marco Tulio Ramirez on Sept. 23 outside his home. Ramirez was secretary of culture and sports for the Guatemalan Banana Workers Union. Soldiers had ransacked the union’s headquarters in...
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