Labor
Ironworkers ring doorbells against recall
August 29, 2003SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Ironworker Ray Trujillo is on a mission: to reach every union family in California and convince them to vote “no” on the recall of Gov. Gray Davis Oct. 7. An outgoing and energetic...
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Miamians protest detention of Haitians
August 29, 2003The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is going to put the unfair treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers on the national agenda, said Winie Cantave, co-director of the Miami-based Unite for Dignity. According to Cantave, hundreds of Haitian refugees,...
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Cintas workers protest poverty wages
August 29, 2003DETROIT – “We want a living wage!” shouted 100 people conducting an informational picket line and rally at the Cintas industrial laundry plant here July 31. The line included workers from the plant, members of United...
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Total Recall
August 29, 2003Workers’ correspondence Sitting at breakfast with a couple of union buddies, talking about the California recall, we recalled defeating the 1998 effort to gag labor’s voice in our state known as Prop. 226. “It was right-wing...
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Auto workers say open the books
August 15, 2003DETROIT – As the U.S. economy lurches toward the end of its third year of recession, workers everywhere are struggling to keep ends together, autoworkers no less than anyone else. Contract talks between the United Auto...
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