Labor

                
  • Cartoon book depicts labors fighting spirit

    Cartoon book depicts labors fighting spirit

    March 10, 2006

    The opinion cartoon on a newspaper’s editorial page has more impact than any block of copy. A cartoon quickly draws the reader in visually and can make a statement quickly. The drawing simplifies a subject, making...

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  • EDITORIAL:  Whos corrupt?

    EDITORIAL: Whos corrupt?

    March 10, 2006

    In February 2003 Bush’s Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao issued an undisguised threat to the elected union leaders representing millions of Americans. At a meeting of the executive council of the AFL-CIO, to which Chao had...

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  • Gulf Coast Update

    Gulf Coast Update

    March 10, 2006

    Bodies still being found Bush, lies and videotape Immigrant workers win back pay Act to extend jobless benefits

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  • Oakland City Council OKs card-check measure

    Oakland City Council OKs card-check measure

    March 10, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif. — This city became the first to tell a cable company it must agree to recognize a union based on card check when the City Council late last month passed an ordinance requiring city...

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  • Reflections on New Mexicos minimum wage fight

    Reflections on New Mexicos minimum wage fight

    March 10, 2006

    Commentary New Mexico has just gone through two major campaigns to enact a higher minimum wage law. One was a ballot referendum in Albuquerque in November 2005. The other was to pass a bill in the...

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