Labor
Showdown at SBC Communications
May 21, 2004At press time, over 100,000 SBC workers in 13 states, members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), were on the job but poised to strike if SBC management continued to reject the union’s demands for...
Read moreTexas govt gets nastier
May 14, 2004DALLAS – Texas government, gripped in the talons of right-wingers since before the rest of the nation ever heard of George W. Bush, has gone from dirty politics to downright nasty. Consider the following: • The...
Read moreWalk of Shame targets enemies of health care
May 14, 2004Workers’ correspondence Our April 27 “Walk of Shame” targeted the opponents of employer-paid health care, SB 2. This bill, signed by then-Gov. Gray Davis last year, will take effect Jan. 1, 2006. However, our present governor,...
Read moreEmployers not paying overtime
May 14, 2004Art Perlo’s article on “Getting paid for overtime” (PWW, 5/1-6) was great. I’ve been working as a driver/helper in Pittsburgh’s retail floral industry for the past 10 years or so. Flower shops are mostly family-owned and...
Read moreForum looks at high tech job flight
May 14, 2004TUCSON – An attentive crowd gathered May 2 in the basement of Tucson’s public library to attend a community forum on “Globalization, High Tech and Employment,” sponsored by Jobs in Crisis, a committee of the Tucson...
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