Labor

Teachers stick with union, scorn Paige attack

March 5, 2004

Workers’ Correspondence While Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s recent statement that the National Education Association is a “terrorist organization” is disturbing enough in itself, his apology issued later that same day is even more alarming. Secretary...

Alabama workers defeat union busters again

March 5, 2004

Union members at Imerys in Sylacauga, Ala., reaffirmed their commitment to each other and their union, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), Jan. 21 when they defeated a management-orchestrated decertification campaign by a vote...

Sleep- deprived women

March 5, 2004 By Wadi’h Halabi

A woman’s right to a good night’s sleep, some quiet time alone, regular vacations – these are among our goals, along with men’s right to the same, and good jobs, social equality, and security for all.

Grocery workers set example of courage

March 5, 2004

News analysis The five-month grocery strike in Southern California is over and the members have overwhelmingly ratified their new contract. Oddly enough, a quote from the Communist Manifesto comes to mind: “Now and then, the workers...

Guatemalans hail Cuban medical workers

March 4, 2004

Alfonso Portillo, Guatemala’s last president, is hardly a political ally of Fidel Castro’s, but that didn’t stop him heaping praise on Cuba’s doctors in his farewell speech in mid-January. “As my last state duty, I didn’t...