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THIS WEEK IN LABOR July 28
July 27, 2007New Kennedy bill would further boost minimum wage Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) announced July 24 that he has introduced a new minimum wage hike bill that would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by...
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Corn, chickens and capitalism
July 27, 2007The economic driving force of production in capitalist society is profits. This usually leads to multiple contradictions between conflicting forces of capital. Take the current energy crisis. It has at least two related origins. First is...
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WORLD NOTES July 28
July 27, 2007Germany: Nuclear plant shutdowns renew debate Two nuclear plants near Hamburg, Germany, closed down in early July following a short-circuit and fire at the Brunsbuettel plant, Germany’s oldest, and an automatic shutdown at the Kreummel facility....
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IAEA to inspect quake-struck Japanese plant
July 27, 2007After initially refusing the International Atomic Energy Agency’s offer of assistance, the Japanese government said July 22 that it would permit IAEA inspectors to visit the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, damaged last week by an earthquake...
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Iraqi children suffering psychological damage
July 27, 2007BAGHDAD (IRIN) — For two months, Obeid Jaafar Khalifa, 52, has been worrying about how he will cope with looking after his deceased brother’s four children. Obeid already has six of his own children to look...
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