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Strikers demand justice from Grinch
CHICAGO – Striking workers from Carousel Linens and their supporters gave holiday shoppers at Marshall Fields Department Store here something to see Dec. 8. The strikers were chasing “the Grinch,” decked out in Santa attire, from floor to floor. As shoppers jostled to get pictures, they were handed leaflets detailing the grievances of strikers. Shoppers […]
- December 21, 2001
Lawsuit filed to stop Edison school takeover
PHILADELPHIA – At a Dec. 17 press conference here, hosted by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the Coalition to Keep our Public Schools Public announced that it will file a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court and Superior Court seeking an injunction to against Edison Schools, Inc. They are seeking to bar Edison a for-profit school management […]
- December 21, 2001
Bush plan leaves some children behind
This week the Senate passed the misnamed No Child Left Behind Act, which gives the federal government an unprecedented say in the standards public school children must meet. Yet it doesn’t provide funding to meet those goals. The main outrage in this bill is the lack of funding for special education. Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) […]
- December 21, 2001
Building U.S. peace movement is crucial
The following is based on a report to the Communist Party’s National Board. The importance of a U.S. peace movement for today cannot be overstated. The world is entering a phase where military intervention is necessary to prop up capitalist economic interests. This is not a temporary phase. The Bush administration’s theme is that this […]
- December 21, 2001
Steel industry should be publically owned
More and more, steelworkers and public officials are looking at use of eminent domain to take over the steel mills bankrupted by LTV Corp. as the only way to save jobs and union contracts and protect their communities from major economic disaster. According to Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, the […]
- December 21, 2001
Strike improves job security at Pratt and Whitney
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – An 11-day strike by 5,000 Pratt & Whitney workers, which brought airplane engine production to a halt, forced the company to improve job security protections for the next three years. For the first time, the company, a division of highly profitable United Technologies Corp (UTC), was unable to foment divisions among […]
- December 21, 2001
Arafat calls for end to violence: what now?
In his Dec. 16 televised address to the Palestinian nation, on the occasion of the Muslim Eid-el-Fitr festive holiday following the fasting month of Ramadan, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called for an end to all armed actions, especially the suicide bombings in Israel proper. He noted that he and his Palestinian National Authority have always […]
- December 21, 2001
9/11 came on top of suffering NY economy
A decade-long celebration of what was being hailed as a “new economy” diverted public attention from the serious social and economic vulnerabilities accumulating in New York. The Fiscal Policy Institute critically examined this heralded “decade of boom,” issuing a report on “The State of Working New York.” The FPI found that, for workers and their […]
- December 21, 2001
Steelworkers pay for Cold War’s end
COMMENTARY Much has been written about how low-cost imports have affected steelworkers in the United States. In the past two years, 29 steel companies have declared bankruptcy, with several of them going under and closing their doors. The most dramatic bankruptcy has been with LTV. The source of the problem, according to the steel industry […]
- By : Paul S. Kaczocha
- December 21, 2001
AFL-CIO 24th Convention: Resolve against the storm
LAS VEGAS – The the labor movement in Las Vegas has won some very tough battles to make it a union town, with probably one of the highest union membership densities in the country. Labor in Las Vegas has its work cut out for it, though. Las Vegas is among the cities, outside of New […]
- By : Paul S. Kaczocha
- December 21, 2001