Labor

                
  • Dont kiss health care goodbye

    Dont kiss health care goodbye

    February 13, 2004

    Grocery worker supporters geared up to mark Valentine’s Day week with the distribution of 20,000 “Don’t Kiss Healthcare Goodbye” leaflets in Washington, D.C., Metro stations. As the 70,000 Southern California grocery workers dug in for their...

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  • 8 killed in Dominican general strike

    8 killed in Dominican general strike

    February 13, 2004

    Eight people were killed during a general strike that shook the Dominican Republic for 48 hours on Jan. 28-29. The general strike, which was organized by the National Coordinating Body of People’s Organizations and Labor Unions,...

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  • Iraqi workers still denied basic rights

    Iraqi workers still denied basic rights

    February 13, 2004

    PHILADELPHIA – While Iraqi workers currently face daunting conditions such as spiraling inflation and 70 percent unemployment, they are refusing to let restrictive, anti-labor laws stop their organizing work. This was the message of two trade...

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  • Industrial unions say Beat Bush!

    Industrial unions say Beat Bush!

    February 13, 2004

    WASHINGTON – You know you’re at a great conference when, before the first speaker can finish even one paragraph, 3,000 screaming workers jump to their feet, whooping and hollering to beat George Bush. That about sums...

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  • Michigan voters focus on job losses

    Michigan voters focus on job losses

    February 12, 2004

    YPSILANTI, Mich. – Disappearing jobs. That is the issue that primarily motivated nearly 150,000 Michigan voters to participate in the Democratic presidential caucus. Since George W. Bush took office, 140,000 manufacturing jobs were lost and the...

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