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WORLD NOTES: August 30
August 29, 2008Indonesia: Strike at Nike supplier Some 7,000 workers at the Hardaya Aneka shoe factory in Tangerang, who make 15,000 pairs of Nike sneakers a day, stopped work Aug. 21 to protest 60 percent cuts in customary...
Read moreObama nominated by acclamation: Historic moment in U.S. politics
August 28, 2008DENVER — Hillary Clinton stopped the Democratic convention roll call vote tonight and moved to nominate Barack Obama as Democratic Party presidential candidate by acclamation.
Read moreEditorial: Remarkable Labor Day
August 28, 2008This Labor Day is one of the most remarkable we can recall. Like a wave building power and momentum, American unions, declared dead or irrelevant by the punditry, are on a roll that we haven’t seen...
Read moreVideo: Dennis Kucinich rocks the DNC
August 27, 2008Read more
Teacher talks about labor unity and the fight to elect Obama
August 27, 2008Read more