Labor
Steelworkers win humane merger
May 7, 2003The future of 8,600 steelworker families and tens of thousands of retirees at National Steel was resolved this week. Amid the shouts of hundreds of steelworkers ringing the Federal Courthouse in Chicago and hoisting their signs,...
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Dead and injured remembered in Texas
May 7, 2003TYLER, Texas – On April 26, a bell tolled here for workers who had been killed on the job during the past year. Leaders of the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) read a name, then...
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Six-hour day Six-hour day
May 7, 2003The call for a shorter workweek with no cut in pay arises periodically in the working class, their trade unions and among labor and progressive economists. What generally gives rise to those calls is sharp increases...
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American Airline workers coerced
May 7, 2003DALLAS – On April 16, the last major union at American Airlines (AA) caved in to demands that they take huge wage concessions and layoffs. The next day they learned that 45 of the top executives...
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Union-busting, war profiteering: a corporate tie
May 7, 2003News Analysis Many Americans had never heard of Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), until it was awarded a $4.8 million contract to open and operate the port of Umm Qasr in war-torn Iraq. SSA was up...
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