Labor
Tennessee UAW Local defeats lockout
July 1, 2003Locked out since Sept. 2, 2002, some 250 Peterbilt truck workers in Madison, Tenn., return to work July 2, having defeated company proposals to increase their health care costs up to 300 percent. “We’re very happy...
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JwJ launches ‘season of struggle’
July 1, 2003MIAMI, Fla. – Launching a “season of struggle,” participants at the annual Jobs with Justice (JwJ) meeting here signed on to a jam-packed agenda of protest, mobilization and education for this fall. They emphasized four key...
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Striking Tyson Foods workers hold firm
July 1, 2003JEFFERSON, Wis. – Solidarity with striking Tyson Foods workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 538, continues to grow as 500 strikers and supporters rallied here June 22. As the strike approaches its fifth...
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Vermont news battle
June 20, 2003In Brattleboro, Vt., a town of 6,000, a major media union struggles is unfolding. The local daily newspaper, the Brattleboro Reformer, with a circulation of 11,500, is owned by the Dean Singleton MediaNews Group, the seventh...
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Auto union puts accent on organizing
June 20, 2003DETROIT – “Our challenge is to craft an agreement that protects our members’ jobs and income security,” said United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice President Richard Shoemaker. Shoemaker was speaking about the union’s mid-July contract talks with...
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