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ILWU ties pension demands to technology

November 15, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – Agreement on pension benefits is the decisive issue now confronting the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and their employers, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), as both parties headed to the...

Latinos gain and lose in elections

November 15, 2002

While the general trend of the 2002 elections favored the Republicans, Latino Democrats made a number of gains. Latinos will gain three more seats in Congress, bringing the total to 18 Democrats and four Republicans. Except...

AFL-CIO targets Wal-Mart

November 15, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

On Nov. 21, working families in all 50 states will join with community, student, civil rights, environmental and consumer activists for a National Day of Action at Wal-Mart stores. Jill Cashen told the World The Day...

Campaign energy will continue in Minnesota

November 15, 2002

TWIN CITIES, Minn. – “If the election is lost today, we’ll still grieve for Paul and the movement. We’ll have to collect ourselves. Someone will rise up and we will rebuild. The energy today will help...

Union, ACLU slam repressive homeland bill

November 15, 2002

Bobby L. Harnage, president of the 600,000-member American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), denounced a so-called “compromise” version of George W. Bush’s Homeland Security bill as a “Trojan Horse” that would destroy union rights for 170,000...