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Tensions continue at Mexican copper mine
April 10, 2008Tensions continue at a high level at Grupo Mexico’s largest copper mine in Cananea, in Mexico’s Sonora state. Workers represented by the Mexican National Union of Mine, Metal and Allied Workers (SNTMMSRM) have been on strike...
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Greece slashes worker pensions
April 9, 2008ATHENS — The Greek government overturned long-standing retirement benefit provisions for working people in a vote last week that will have powerful ramifications for generations to come. The new “anti-social security” measures will hit working mothers...
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Legacy of the East L.A. school walkouts
April 8, 2008Commemorations last month of the 40th anniversary of the East Los Angeles Chicana/Chicano Walkouts of March 1968 were a celebration of the process and progress of the civil and labor rights struggles of Mexican Americans. Back...
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Story of a plant that closed
April 8, 2008Manufacturing isn’t dead; it’s changing. Small and large shops open and close for more reasons than just market forces. Large conglomerates make decisions based on beliefs and bias I can’t fathom. A small shop where the...
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New York City Council passes resolution to keep families together
April 8, 2008NEW YORK — Immigrant rights supporters won a huge victory March 26 when the New York City Council passed Resolution 1250 by a nearly unanimous vote, calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the Child Citizen...
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