Labor
Globalization and women workers
March 10, 2006Is the “globalization” that George Bush supports good or, at least, inevitable, as people from the capitalist class claim? And what impact has it had on women workers? Tuberculosis and malnutrition are global, and becoming more...
Read more98.6 a healthy number
March 3, 2006Ninety-eight point six is a symbol of good health and that’s the percent of members of Change to Win unions in California whose locals have submitted solidarity charters and are now considered full members of the...
Read moreThe World of Peggy Lipschutz: Women, workers, angels soul of her purposeful art
March 3, 2006Peggy Lipschutz, 87, picked up a small brush and eyed an unfinished painting. She added a dab of color to the figure of an older woman sitting in thought, with an angel in the background.
Read moreWal-Mart and Henry Ford
March 3, 2006Wal-Mart is known for the huge profits it has accumulated for the Walton family and its Wall Street backers. It is also known for low pay and savage opposition to workers’ rights.
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March 3, 2006Bridgestone/Firestone blocks Steelworker solidarity Local management of a Bridgestone Firestone plant in LaVergne, Tenn., blocked the local union from making a plant gate collection to help struggling rubber farm workers in Liberia. United Steelworkers Local 1055,...
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