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Janitors speak out for better wages

September 13, 2006

PHILADELPHIA - A spirited and militant group of Service Employee Union 32BJ members, their friends and supporters marched here to defend area standards for office cleaners on Aug. 31. Their message was to Arthur Johnson, who...

Terrorism in the belly of the beast

September 9, 2006

Father Geoff Bottoms, president of the London-based UK Free the Five Committee, visited two of the Cuban Five political prisoners in the U.S. recently. We publish his report as part of an “International Month of Action”...

Cartoon: Hey David!

September 8, 2006

Hey David – PWW’s intrepid cartoonist Get recharged soon! We need your artistic wit and wisdom. PWW staff & editorial board & all of your many fans

Local union hosts Iraqi worker photo exhibit

September 8, 2006

“You know longies here in L.A. or over there in Iraq are just working stiffs trying to do right by their families,” said Joe Kordich, retired longshore worker with Local 13 of the International Longshore Warehouse...

Dont steal the big box ordinance

September 8, 2006

CHICAGO — Despite a monthlong million-dollar campaign to scare residents into opposing the “big box” living wage ordinance passed by the City Council July 26, a new poll of Chicago voters shows overwhelming support for the...