Labor

                
  • American Axle workers keep up the fight

    American Axle workers keep up the fight

    May 15, 2008

    DETROIT -- No one at American Axle expected to be out for three months, but workers continue to keep the dozen or so gates of the sprawling American Axle complex in Detroit fully staffed. While there...

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  • Connecticut PWW Friends honor workers with Newsmaker Awards

    Connecticut PWW Friends honor workers with Newsmaker Awards

    May 14, 2008

    Newly organized union members, activists and community leaders gathered in New Haven on Sunday May 4 to celebrate the annual presentation of Peoples Weekly World Newsmaker Awards for International Workers Day. Two thousand dealers at Foxwoods...

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  • Young workers discuss future in labor movement

    Young workers discuss future in labor movement

    May 14, 2008

    “Why don’t young workers have an affiliate within the AFL-CIO?” This was one of the questions raised on May 3rd in a strategy session held at the National Conference of Jobs with Justice. young workers, organized...

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  • Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts

    Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts

    May 13, 2008

    WASHINGTON--Top company officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where nine miners perished in August 2007, concealed facts that would have prevented the deaths and should be criminally charged, according to a Congressional report...

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  • Protect Social Security customer service

    Protect Social Security customer service

    May 10, 2008

    Workers’ CorrespondenceWe thought the push to privatize Social Security was dead. Failing to privatize Social Security, the administration has slashed the agency’s budget. These tactics ensure that the next time we have to fight to save...

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