Labor

Pondering the teacher shortage

November 27, 2003

Workers’ Correspondence There is no arguing that teaching is one of the most emotionally draining professions due to the fact that teachers must put so much of their personal selves into their work every day. Coming...

Decent paying jobs still elusive

November 27, 2003 By Art Perlo

Despite Bush administration claims that there’s an economic recovery underway, the latest employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer a grim picture for several key categories of workers.

Miami police state actions condemned

November 27, 2003

MIAMI – Calling it a “military operation,” Stop the Free Trade Area of the Americas organizers condemned the “unprecedented, unnecessary and unprovoked” police use of force here Nov. 20 against law-abiding, peaceful protesters.

UFCW nationalizes picket lines

November 27, 2003

Union workers turned up the heat in the health care wars this week as striking grocery workers methodically advanced their campaign to “nationalize” their picket lines. Southern California Teamsters Union members at eight giant distribution centers...

As thousands demonstrate: ‘Free trade’ deal stalls in Miami

November 27, 2003

MIAMI – While the Bush administration had hoped last week’s ministerial meeting here would pave the way for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement in 2004, giving U.S. corporations a green light to...