Labor

                
  • A voice for all workers

    A voice for all workers

    September 12, 2003

    Opinion Everyone deserves a voice on the job, the freedom to choose union representation and the promise of equal treatment at work. However, discrimination in the workplace and anti-union tactics against organizing efforts continues to plague...

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  • Teamsters mark 100th anniversary

    Teamsters mark 100th anniversary

    September 12, 2003

    Workers’ Correspondence The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 6 in Washington, D.C. There were more than 3,500 Teamsters in attendance from all across the United States and Canada. There were...

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  • Land to the tiller! Mexico and land reform

    Land to the tiller! Mexico and land reform

    September 12, 2003

    Mexican farmers have promised militant demonstrations at the WTO meeting in Cancun, Sept. 10-14, against the corporate-controlled globalization policies that are ruining them. A long history precedes this development. The old, Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz, used...

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  • Verizon workers in tentative settlement

    Verizon workers in tentative settlement

    September 12, 2003

    Unions representing about 78,000 Verizon workers in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the giant telecommunications company on Sept. 4. The deal was announced by Verizon and the Communications Workers...

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  • Labor calls for Yale strike support

    Labor calls for Yale strike support

    September 12, 2003

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As spirited picket lines and marches fill the campus at Yale University, national support and unity continues to grow for striking service-maintenance, clerical-technical and hospital dietary workers. Several thousand striking workers received...

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