Labor

Circuit-Wise workers: No to concessions

August 1, 2004

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – “This company is asking for so many concessions, we would be paying Circuit-Wise to work for them, instead of them paying us for our labor,” charged Dorothy Johnson, president of United Electrical...

Philly workers rally to defend contracts

July 16, 2004

PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...

NYC labor to protest at GOP convention

July 16, 2004

NEW YORK – In a break from a more than 20-year tradition, this city’s labor movement will forego its usual celebratory parade and instead hold a Labor Day protest of the Bush administration in front of...

Midwest vote project in high gear

July 15, 2004

ST. LOUIS – This Fourth of July, activists from across the country joined activists here, workers to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state. Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and Young Communist League (YCL) members, alongside...

Unions slam war, call for Bush ouster

July 2, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO – Delegates to conventions of two of the nation’s largest unions last week cheered as their leaders blasted George W. Bush for lying to justify war on Iraq and for torture of Iraqi detainees....