Labor
TAKE BACK OHIO moves to high gear
September 29, 2006Labor walks fan out through a dozen cities in battleground stateCLEVELAND — “We’ve swung into high gear,” said Harriet Applegate, Cleveland area coordinator for Take Back Ohio, the effort by organized labor to oust key right-wing...
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Unions demand: Release Colombian labor lawyer
September 28, 2006Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently
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Living wage fight not over
September 23, 2006CHICAGO — Although the City Council failed to overturn Mayor Richard Daley’s veto of the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance, supporters of the measure say the battle will continue. The council had passed the ordinance by...
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Joe Lieberman no friend of working people
September 22, 2006It is complete hypocrisy for Joe Lieberman to claim that he is above “partisan politics.” Quite the opposite: Lieberman has been a consistent enabler for the partisan politics of George W. Bush, against the interests of...
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Dont lie to us
September 22, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceThe drive to organize 2,000 workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital moved into high gear this year when the hospital signed a landmark community benefits agreement. In addition to addressing community concerns about jobs, housing, education...
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