Labor
Land to the tiller! Mexico and land reform
September 12, 2003Mexican farmers have promised militant demonstrations at the WTO meeting in Cancun, Sept. 10-14, against the corporate-controlled globalization policies that are ruining them. A long history precedes this development. The old, Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz, used...
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Verizon workers in tentative settlement
September 12, 2003Unions representing about 78,000 Verizon workers in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the giant telecommunications company on Sept. 4. The deal was announced by Verizon and the Communications Workers...
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93,000 jobs lost in August
September 12, 2003“The day after President George W. Bush announced the U.S. economy was ‘looking up’ and proposed making most of his millionaire tax cuts permanent, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirmed that working families are...
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Labor calls for Yale strike support
September 12, 2003NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As spirited picket lines and marches fill the campus at Yale University, national support and unity continues to grow for striking service-maintenance, clerical-technical and hospital dietary workers. Several thousand striking workers received...
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Calif. labor on recall: We know how to say no!
September 5, 2003PLEASANTON, Calif. – The sun was hot but the angry shouts of “No recall!” from thousands of workers at Labor Day rallies and picnics in Northern California were even hotter. Sacramento celebrated with a picnic at...
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