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Union members serving public interest

July 4, 2002

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The AFL-CIO has projected electing 5,000 union members to public office between now and the end of the 2004 election cycle as part of their “people-powered” political campaigns. Here, one of the...

International notes

July 4, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

100,000 rally for Chavez/Demand to free jailed S. Korean unionists/Protest foreign investment in India’s media/Argentina police killings draw big protest/Georgian workers say TNCs flout standards/German phone workers win pay hike

Drivers have grievances with UPS

July 4, 2002

OAKLAND, Calif. – Interviews by the People’s Weekly World with two UPS drivers at the company’s Oakland terminal brought out an accumulation of grievances that lie behind the union’s fight to get a new contract. Jerome...

Machinist union, Boeing begin talks

July 4, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Facing company threats to move more jobs and production overseas, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) opened talks with Boeing on June 25 in Kansas City. The union represents 25,000-26,000 Boeing workers. The present contract expires...

Israel denies entry to U.S. interfaith delegation

July 4, 2002

The Israeli government refused entrance to a group of 19 Americans of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths, July 2. The Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation (IPBD), organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and the Muslim Public Affairs...