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Earth summit hits poverty, pollution

September 6, 2002

JOHANNESBURG – Delegates to the third Earth Summit reached a minimal agreement on policies aimed at lifting four billion people from poverty and curbing threats to the global environment. However, a handful of countries led by...

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...

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....

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...

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:...