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Newsmaker winners announced

April 15, 2005

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The People’s Weekly World Connecticut bureau announced this week the recipients of its annual Newsmaker Awards. Connecticut Working Families Party and Community Organized for Responsible Development (CORD) have been selected to receive...

SOARs George Edwards: Sparkplug for rank & file activism

April 8, 2005 By Susan Webb

George Edwards points out he’s the only unpaid worker at the Steelworkers’ Gateway Center headquarters in Pittsburgh. The 87-year-old veteran of the Lorain, Ohio, US Steel mill now wields a phone and a keyboard instead of...

National Clips

April 8, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS: Demand full funding for schools “Our kids need every dime they can get,” shouted an angry Jo Ann Williams, a school secretary. “The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.” Williams joined...

Cesar Chavez 78th birthday celebrated

April 8, 2005

Across the nation, gatherings honored the 78th anniversary of the birth of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers of America and a leader in struggles for political and economic...

NYC considers law for day labor

April 8, 2005

On a typical New York morning, thousands of workers can be seen congregating on sidewalks throughout the city, waiting to be taken to worksites. Called day laborers, these workers are among the most exploited in the...