Labor

Show us the jobs bus on eight state tour

March 26, 2004

Fifty-one people with 51 stories of their jobless dilemmas hit the road March 24 on an AFL-CIO-sponsored “Show us the jobs” bus tour.

Ohio outrage: Retirees shafted

March 26, 2004

Weirton Steel Corp. announced this week that it would cut off health care benefits for its 10,000 retirees effective April 1. The Steubenville, Ohio-based company had petitioned the bankruptcy court to void its union contract with...

Cleveland brings out big rat to greet Bush

March 19, 2004

CLEVELAND – With just three days notice, hundreds of angry anti-Bush protesters showed up to greet Dubya on his first visit here this election year. Gathered around a huge rubber rat, the crowd roared, “Bush must...

Jobs crisis looms big in 2004 elections

March 19, 2004

News Analysis Every day over 85,000 workers across the nation lose their jobs, over 4,000 people file for personal bankruptcy, 43.6 million people have no health insurance, and 11 million children attend broken down schools.

The rural movement to oust Bush

March 12, 2004

There’s more than bridges in Madison County WINTERSET, Iowa – With its fertile pastures, meandering streams and quaint covered bridges, Madison County, Iowa, has become a symbol of rural America. The handsome farms with overflowing corncribs...