Labor

                
  • UAW announces tentative pact

    UAW announces tentative pact

    September 19, 2003

    DETROIT – In a prepared statement made in the early hours of Sept. 15, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger announced a tentative agreement between the union and Daimler Chrysler. Later in the day, the union...

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  • Yale pensions a national issue

    Yale pensions a national issue

    September 19, 2003 By Art Perlo

    Retirement into poverty, or retirement with dignity? With one quarter of Yale’s employees likely to retire in the course of the next contract, this critical issue for workers everywhere has become pivotal in the strike against...

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  • Miners rally for retirees

    Miners rally for retirees

    September 19, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Hundreds of retired copper workers and their supporters rallied at the Federal Courthouse Sept. 8 to voice their outrage at ASARCO’s recent decision to unilaterally slash health insurance benefits for retired copper mine...

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  • Labor Nation agency slammed

    Labor Nation agency slammed

    September 19, 2003

    CHICAGO – “Is this a union town?” asked Tim Leahy, secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). “How strong is labor if places like Labor Nation supply scabs? This fight isn’t just a fight just...

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  • Verizon unions claim victory on security

    Verizon unions claim victory on security

    September 19, 2003

    The five-year agreements signed Sept. 5 between Verizon Communications and its workers’ two unions, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) was hailed by both unions as a victory...

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