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Texas labor fights back

August 29, 2003

Bloodied but unbowed after a terrible state legislative session, Texas labor is laying plans to continue fighting. At the AFL-CIO convention in Austin July 24-26, over 400 delegates applauded the “Killer-D” state representatives who fled the...

Prop. 54 poses threat to equality

August 29, 2003

While the California recall vote will get most media attention before the Oct. 7 election, progressive-minded voters are also gearing up to defeat a ballot initiative that will appear on the same ballot – Proposition 54....

Labor: a special interest?

August 29, 2003

The labor movement today is under attack by the monopoly corporations as a greedy “special interest” bunch. The attack starts in the White House and fills every media form every day. It increases in intensity as...

Letters

August 29, 2003

Bush recruits Saddam’s thugs Now we learn that the Bush administration plans to recruit former agents of Saddam’s internal security apparatus to help the precarious U.S. occupation defend itself against a growing Iraqi insurgency. Freedom loving...

Editorials

August 29, 2003

It takes a fight to win On Labor Day 2003, a specter is haunting America. It is called unemployment. In July, the official unemployment level rose to 6.2 percent. This figure hides hundreds of thousands who...