Labor

Immigrant workers launch Freedom Ride

June 19, 2003

NEW YORK – Something historic is brewing. Inspired by the freedom rides of the civil rights movement, the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is now being organized for Sept. 20 – Oct. 4. National sponsors include the...

Rudy Lozano, 20 years later

June 13, 2003 By Emile Schepers

Rudy Lozano was one of the most important political figures in Chicago at that time. Born in Harlington, Texas, he had grown up in Chicago and contributed much to the city’s progressive politics.

Congress turns its back on long-term jobless

June 12, 2003

The Senate agreed to extend the federally funded Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program on May 23. The measure provides a maximum of 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits for the 2.1 million workers who will...

The May unemployment report: No rosy colors

June 12, 2003

The U.S. Labor Department said that 9.0 million workers were counted among the officially unemployed in May, bringing the official unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the highest since July 1994. When the 4.8 million men and...

Perus teachers spark nationwide struggle

June 12, 2003

Despite having reached a tentative agreement, Nilvar Lopez, general secretary of the Peruvian teachers union (SUTEP), said a nationwide strike will continue until the union ratifies the new collective bargaining agreement. Minister of Education Gerardo Ayzanoa...