Labor

                
  • Standoff continues in Oaxaca, Mexico

    Standoff continues in Oaxaca, Mexico

    September 7, 2006

    After a brutal police attack against a radio and television station, a tense standoff continues in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where striking teachers and popular organizations are demanding that right-wing Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz...

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  • Need protection from unions? Bush Department of Labor races to rescue

    Need protection from unions? Bush Department of Labor races to rescue

    September 1, 2006

    Anyone who feels that getting protection from their employers is taking away their “rights” will be relieved to learn that the United States Department of Labor, George W. Bush in charge, is racing to the rescue....

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  • Class struggle is a fact, not a theory

    Class struggle is a fact, not a theory

    September 1, 2006

    Let me make something perfectly clear up front. Along with some powerful disagreements, I have a great deal of respect for Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees union. He and his union have made and...

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  • EDITORIAL: The power of unity

    EDITORIAL: The power of unity

    September 1, 2006

    On Sept. 5, 1882, some 10,000 workers paraded in New York City, organized by the Knights of Labor. That unpaid day off was the start of what later became Labor Day. Today, 104 years later, the...

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  • EDITORIAL: Grim numbers and a chance for change

    EDITORIAL: Grim numbers and a chance for change

    September 1, 2006

    A couple of economic reports grimly confirm what workers across the U.S. already know from their own experience. One report shows median hourly wages declining 2 percent since 2003, when adjusted for inflation, despite steady rises...

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