Labor

Report takes aim at sweatships

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Two British organizations recently released a report that paints a grim picture of working conditions on cruise ships, tarnishing the fun, romantic image that the cruise ship industry has cultivated.

3,700 unionists lobby for jobs, health care

February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

WASHINGTON (PAI) – Energized by rousing speeches and armed with reams of data about the impact of U.S. factories’ decline, 3,700 industrial union delegates lobbied lawmakers on Feb. 4 on several key goals: universal health care,...

Yale unions & community unite

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As snow fell here at noon on Jan. 27, hundreds of Yale workers rallied for a new union contract outside the hotel where negotiations were taking place.

Bush budget blasted

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

President Bush’s $2.23 trillion budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 is loaded with more than a trillion dollars in tax breaks for the rich, increased spending for the military-industrial complex and cuts in funding...

World labor: Let the inspectors work

February 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

The AFL-CIO added its voice to the growing opposition to war with Iraq last week when federation President John Sweeney joined with John Monks, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, to urge President Bush...