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February 14, 2003Corp steals health care for 95,000 Steelworkers in the NW corner of Indiana feel like they are participating in a real life soap opera. The way the plot goes is first a company declares bankruptcy. Then...
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February 14, 2003Governing through fear For the second time since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Bush administration issued an “Orange” alert – the second highest level for homeland security. The first time was on the anniversary...
Read moreUnited Farm Workers mobilize against war
February 14, 2003LOS ANGELES – The United Farm Workers (UFW) of America AFL-CIO are calling on all of their supporters to contact President Bush and protest his “preemptive war on Iraq.”
Read moreAroused, determined, mobilized: Americans say no war on Iraq
February 14, 2003In the wake of Sept.11, 2001, and the rightward shift in the 2002 elections, few in the Bush inner circle could have predicted that in the bitter winter of 2003, from Miami to Anchorage, millions of...
Read moreFederal mediation demanded in Azteca strike
February 14, 2003CHICAGO – Elected officials, trade union and community leaders joined striking workers here Feb. 3 to demand Azteca Foods accept federal mediation to end a four-month strike. “These workers want a fair and decent contract,” said...
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