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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
May 18, 2007Iraq unions fight oil theft law The Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions has put the Iraqi government on notice that it intends to strike as early as next week to demonstrate the federation’s strong opposition to...
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WORLD NOTES
May 18, 2007Israel: Plans for East Jerusalem assailed Israeli authorities announced plans May 10 to build 20,000 homes in three neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. Annexed by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War, the area is not legally...
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Cuba, the European Union and Spain
May 18, 2007As part of Washington’s decades-long project to isolate the Cuban revolution, Caleb McCarry recently undertook an eight-nation European tour. It came after a visit to Cuba in early April by Spain’s foreign minister to sign agreements...
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Md. living wage law nations first
May 18, 2007BALTIMORE — Fighters for living wage jobs hailed Maryland for enacting an $11.30 per hour living wage, May 8, in the Baltimore-D.C. region and $8.50 per hour in the rest of the state for companies that...
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Illinois POWER rally demands freeze rates now
May 18, 2007SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – “The people of Illinois are being robbed,” said Chuck Chandler to a crowd of over 500 protesters, mostly seniors, who rallied here at the Capitol building, May 9, urging the state Senate to...
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