Labor
ST. LOUIS Salute to working-class heroes
May 7, 2004ST. LOUIS – Nearly 100 union members, community leaders, student activists and others attended the Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World 12th Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards Breakfast here April 24. Roberta Wood, labor...
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Freedom Riders take battle to Congress
May 7, 2004CHICAGO – In an atmosphere charged with emotion and determination reminiscent of last year’s Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, simultaneous gatherings of immigrant workers and supporters in 30 cities announced their united support for a new immigration...
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Telephone employees stand strong in Texas
April 30, 2004DALLAS – Communications Workers of America members are waiting out big contract deadlines, but they aren’t sitting still. They are holding marches and rallies, and they are signing up supporters to switch telephone companies if the...
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Getting paid for overtime
April 30, 2004After 30 years, I still remember my rage and frustration. I was cleaning up after a hot, hard eight-hour shift at Oregon Steel, when the foreman came into the locker room. “Put your work clothes back...
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Cintas workers seek safety and justice
April 30, 2004News analysis Just hearing Cintas workers tell their stories about sorting out wormy, moldy and flammable shop towels without proper ventilation is nauseating. Area clergy took these concerns about intolerable and dangerous health hazards straight to...
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