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Dead and injured remembered in Texas
May 7, 2003TYLER, Texas – On April 26, a bell tolled here for workers who had been killed on the job during the past year. Leaders of the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) read a name, then...
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Six-hour day Six-hour day
May 7, 2003The call for a shorter workweek with no cut in pay arises periodically in the working class, their trade unions and among labor and progressive economists. What generally gives rise to those calls is sharp increases...
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American Airline workers coerced
May 7, 2003DALLAS – On April 16, the last major union at American Airlines (AA) caved in to demands that they take huge wage concessions and layoffs. The next day they learned that 45 of the top executives...
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International Notes
May 7, 2003France: General strike planned May 13 French trade unions, outraged over the Chirac government’s plans to reform the pension system, said last week that public and private sector workers will hold a one-day general strike May...
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International notes
May 7, 2003S. Africa: Farm workers fight back Some 2,400 tomato farm workers are fighting in the courts to win their jobs back. The workers, employed by ZZ2 – one of the world’s largest tomato producers – were...
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