Labor
Workers with rights, not guests who are slaves
June 15, 2007Growing up in western Texas as the daughter of cotton sharecroppers, I spent my summers weeding cotton, five days a week, 10 hours a day, in 95-degree heat. As grueling as this workload was, others had...
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Bush campaigns to revive immigration bill
June 15, 2007In his June 9 national radio address, President Bush strongly endorsed the “Grand Bargain” immigration bill, S 1348, that stalled in the Senate, June 7, when just 45 of a necessary 60 senators were ready to...
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On U.S. tour, Iraqi unionists reject oil grab
June 15, 2007Labor leaders call for end to occupation SAN FRANCISCO — To judge by most U.S. media, the daily slaughter of Iraqis and the ever-climbing death toll among U.S. occupation forces sum up reality in Iraq. We...
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Smithfield worker dies
June 8, 2007Smithfield Packing livestock worker Emmanuel McKoy, 27, died June 1 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Although the cause of his death has not been determined, McKoy struggled with Type 1 diabetes and experienced health problems from the...
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Buried alive: a terrible way to die
June 8, 2007Workers’ Correspondence Being buried alive is a terrible way to die. If you are working in a trench and it caves in with just your head sticking out it makes great news. The drama of the...
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