Labor
Employers not paying overtime
May 14, 2004Art Perlo’s article on “Getting paid for overtime” (PWW, 5/1-6) was great. I’ve been working as a driver/helper in Pittsburgh’s retail floral industry for the past 10 years or so. Flower shops are mostly family-owned and...
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Forum looks at high tech job flight
May 14, 2004TUCSON – An attentive crowd gathered May 2 in the basement of Tucson’s public library to attend a community forum on “Globalization, High Tech and Employment,” sponsored by Jobs in Crisis, a committee of the Tucson...
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Arizona workers gear up for 2004 elections
May 14, 2004PHOENIX – Thousands of trade union activists poured into the Wyndham Hotel in downtown Phoenix on May 6 to hear Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry speak and to launch the Arizona Labor 2004 Kickoff campaign...
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GOP trickery in overtime fight
May 14, 2004WASHINGTON (PAI) – If you can’t beat ’em, try to fool ’em. That was the latest GOP strategy when dealing with the issue of workers’ overtime pay. Despite the Senate’s 52-47 pro-overtime vote on May 4,...
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Women of steel vow to oust Bush
May 14, 2004WASHINGTON – Mother Jones, the legendary labor agitator, made an unexpected appearance May 2 at the “Women of Steel” election conference here aimed at ousting George W. Bush from the White House next Nov. 2. Peering...
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