Labor
Teachers: Leave this man behind
February 27, 2004Education Secretary Rod Paige should step down for attaching the “terrorist” label to 2.7 million schoolteachers and their union, the National Education Association, said Reg Weaver, NEA president. The nation’s hardworking teachers came home from their...
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Congress abandons millions of jobless
February 27, 2004HAMDEN, Conn. – While the White House backed off empty job creation claims last week, machinists, teamsters, building trades, and municipal workers crowded into the Job Center here, angry at the failure of the Republican-controlled Congress...
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Labor working to take back Ohio
February 26, 2004CLEVELAND – On Dec. 9, 1,500 union activists packed the Columbus, Ohio, Veterans Memorial Hall for a “Take Back Ohio/Labor 2004” conference. Energized and determined, they headed home filled with the crusading spirit sweeping the country...
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Philly shows brotherly love to grocery strikers
February 20, 2004PHILADELPHIA – At a Feb. 12 rally at a local Acme supermarket, union and community members had a strong message for shoppers here: “Don’t shop at Acme.” Pointing at the store, Pat Eiding, president of the...
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LABOR UPDATE
February 20, 2004Government adopts ‘Wal-Mart’ personnel policies Hundreds of federal workers, members of American Federation of Government Employees, took to Capitol Hill last week to protest a new personnel plan for the Department of Defense that would eliminate...
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