News
Labor united against the Bush agenda
November 19, 2004Opinion“While our candidate, John Kerry, did not win, we are proud that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, along with the entire family of labor, united in an historic effort to fight for the interests of working...
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Letters
November 19, 2004What goes around… Well, the irritable little man from Connecticut (who pretends to be a Texan) has managed to finagle his way back into the White House. “Thank goodness,” he probably thought, that his oh-so-gracious opponent...
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Editorials
November 19, 2004Giving thanks As we sit down to our turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day, we should give thanks to the thousands of volunteers who went door to door in a mighty effort to register and get voters...
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B.D. Amis, Black Communist and labor leader
November 19, 2004While little known today, during the late 1920s and the 1930s, B.D. Amis was one of a small cadre of African Americans leading the fight for workers’ rights and racial justice. Urbane in demeanor and a...
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Hotel workers pick up the pace in Los Angeles and San Francisco
November 19, 2004Leaders from UNITE HERE Local 11 and officials from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor announced Nov. 12 a boycott of nine upscale hotels, members of the Los Angeles Hotel Employers’ Council.
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