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Cleveland Steelworkers continue the fight

August 2, 2002

In the four months since the International Steel Group (ISG) finished taking over the closed and bankrupt LTV Steel facilities in Cleveland and Indiana Harbor, close to 1,000 workers have been recalled in each plant under...

International notes

August 2, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

Palestine: Child malnutrition rises/Korean peninsula: new talks urged/Brazil: ICFTU protests killing of unionist/Germany: Workers strike Wal-Mart/Australia: Uproar grows over child detentions

Far right targets McKinney

August 2, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Five-term Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) faces a tough primary challenge, spearheaded by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Both have targeted McKinney for her refusal to join...

Main St. goes to Wall St.

August 2, 2002

NEW YORK – Workers chanting, “Who’s city? Our city!” rallied here outside the New York Stock Exchange with laid-off workers from WorldCom, Enron and Arthur Andersen to tell Corporate America, “No more business as usual!” AFL-CIO...

World labor organization condemns Israeli genocide

August 1, 2002

In a statement released from its headquarters in Prague, The Czech Republic, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) condemned the Israeli rocket attack on Gaza City on July 22 that killed 15 Palestinian civilians, including...