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EDITORIAL: Standing up for a free press

July 7, 2006

Do the American people have a right to know what their government is doing? For President Bush and members of his administration, the given answer would be a resounding “no.” Listening to the administration, one would...

The art of labor

July 7, 2006

ART REVIEW LOS ANGELES — “At Work” is an artistic chronicle of labor in California, not a dead past, but a living history that continues to evolve and grow. To make its point, the exhibit presents...

Teamsters drive card-check campaign at Overnite

July 7, 2006

LAS VEGAS (PAI) — Reviving a campaign they suspended several years ago, the Teamsters will try to organize the 15,000 drivers for Overnite Transportation, but with a difference: they will do so via card-check. The card-check...

Houston bakers win union

July 7, 2006

Workers’ Correspondence The labor upsurge sweeping the U.S. and the world has not left Houston behind. On June 30 at about midnight, union representative Cesar Calderon announced that the Fiesta Mart Inc. bakery commissary workers here...

NATIONAL CLIPS

July 7, 2006

MILWAUKEE: Immigrant worker voter registration drive kicks offThe League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) chose the backyard of Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) for their annual convention, which closed with attendees taking to the streets to...