Labor

Protecting workers from chemicals

February 7, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

A whole new area of occupational health is getting more attention from workers and their unions. The scientific term is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP).

Rural union leader under threat in Colombia

February 7, 2003

Trade unionists in Colombia continue to face threats to their very lives as they fight an uphill battle to protect the rights of both urban and rural workers. Last week the International Union of Food, Agricultural,...

Report takes aim at sweatships

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Two British organizations recently released a report that paints a grim picture of working conditions on cruise ships, tarnishing the fun, romantic image that the cruise ship industry has cultivated.

3,700 unionists lobby for jobs, health care

February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

WASHINGTON (PAI) – Energized by rousing speeches and armed with reams of data about the impact of U.S. factories’ decline, 3,700 industrial union delegates lobbied lawmakers on Feb. 4 on several key goals: universal health care,...

Yale unions & community unite

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As snow fell here at noon on Jan. 27, hundreds of Yale workers rallied for a new union contract outside the hotel where negotiations were taking place.