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  • Worker displacement: A fancy name for losing a job

    Worker displacement: A fancy name for losing a job

    September 5, 2002

    Every three years since 1984 the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor has released information on workers who were “displaced” from their jobs. The latest survey shows that in the months between...

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  • Salt of Earth school opens Sept. 14

    Salt of Earth school opens Sept. 14

    September 5, 2002

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Salt of the Earth Labor College has just released its schedule for Fall 2002. It is the school’s tenth year of educating workers and the progressive community here. Kicking off the semester, Sept....

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  • Evergreen labor slams war, hails Irene

    Evergreen labor slams war, hails Irene

    September 5, 2002

    SPOKANE, Wash. – This year’s convention of the Washington State Labor Council adopted several hard-hitting resolutions in the fight-back against the ultra-right. Convention delegates also honored long-time union activist Irene Hull, known to many as a...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    September 5, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    Earth Summit: Unions urge more government responsibility / China: Government acts to cut unemployment / Mauritania: Drought-stricken land asks aid / Korea: Reconnecting diplomatic & transit arteries / Cuba: New website debuts Sept. 13 / Brazil:...

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  • Sharons Chief of the Army

    Sharons Chief of the Army

    September 5, 2002

    TEL AVIV – Who is the Chief of General Staff, the chief commander of the Israeli army? His name is Moshe Ya’alon, a professional soldier with the rank of a Lieutenant-General. Ya’alon has held the position...

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