Labor

                
  • Farmworkers vow big vote vs. recall

    Farmworkers vow big vote vs. recall

    September 5, 2003

    DELANO, Calif. – Hundreds of farm workers and their families gathered at “Forty Acres,” the United Farm Worker’s (UFW) most hallowed ground, Aug. 30, and cheered as UFW President Arturo Rodriguez denounced the ultra-right attempt to...

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  • Yale strike ignites struggle for justice

    Yale strike ignites struggle for justice

    September 5, 2003

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As several thousand striking Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital workers picketed, rallied and sat-in, they were joined by Rev. Jesse Jackson, who likened their struggle for economic justice to the...

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  • California labor thunders, ‘No recall!’

    California labor thunders, ‘No recall!’

    August 29, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – In a display of unity and fighting spirit, 600 union leaders from across the Golden State met at a special convention here Aug. 26 and voted unanimously to mobilize a huge vote Oct....

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  • Verizon negotiations heat up

    Verizon negotiations heat up

    August 29, 2003

    As of this writing negotiations are continuing between the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing almost 80,000 workers, and telecommunications giant Verizon Communications. Focus has shifted to national...

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  • Church worker dispute resolved

    Church worker dispute resolved

    August 29, 2003

    Almost two months after five south Texas church workers were fired for unionizing, the ensuing dispute between the United Farm Workers (UFW) union and the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has been partially resolved. On June 18...

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