News
A class approach to pensions
December 5, 2003Opinion One of the proudest achievements of the U.S. labor movement, the retired worker’s monthly pension check, is in deepening trouble. Union-negotiated defined-benefit plans supposedly provide a monthly pension check for life, insured by a federal...
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Letters
December 5, 2003Not always farce In the Nov. 12 issue of the PWW letters section, Ken Bailey quotes Karl Marx thusly, “History repeats itself; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” Ken Bailey’s points about...
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Editorials
December 5, 2003Dec. 10: International Human Rights Day “Workers’ Rights are Human Rights.” That is the slogan for AFL-CIO rallies, marches, and candlelight vigils across the nation Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day. It marks the 55th anniversary...
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Nation resounds to call: Repeal the Patriot Act
December 5, 2003WASHINGTON – A crowd of 3,000 people at Constitution Hall, Nov. 9, erupted in cheers when Al Gore called for repeal of the Patriot Act to stop George W. Bush’s assault on the Bill of Rights....
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A tax added to attacks on unions
December 5, 2003View from S. Halsted Elaine Chao, the Bush-appointed Secretary of Labor, wants to “empower and protect workers” with the new “financial disclosure” requirements her department is imposing on our unions. Thanks Elaine. The administration that has...
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