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Unemployment whats going on?
On Dec. 6, The Associated Press (AP) reported that the number of laid-off workers had dropped and “the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits plunged by 349,000 in November,” indications that “the current recession may be bottoming out.” The next day, another AP dispatch was headlined “Unemployment Rate Climbs to 5.7 percent as economy continues […]
- December 14, 2001
Airport screeners protest firings
SAN FRANCISCO – Baggage screeners at San Francisco and Oakland airports carried out an informational picketline protest at the terminals and handed out flyers asking for public support to keep their jobs. The jobs of some 1,300 San Francisco and Oakland Airport baggage screeners are threatened by the new Aviation and Security Act. Signed by […]
- December 14, 2001
TWU mobilizes
NEW YORK – Local 100 Transport Workers Union (TWU) called a membership meeting Dec. 8, the first since its historic election victory one year ago. Over 4,000 members heard contract perspectives and discussed their ideas in 10 workshops where they were also solicited to join membership labor contract committees. In his address, Roger Toussaint called […]
- December 14, 2001
V&V Supremo stabs workers in the back
CHICAGO – The infamous giant inflatable rat, a symbol of scabbing and corporate injustice, made an appearance here Dec. 4. The action came a week after V&V Supremo reneged on a deal with production workers who have been on strike for seven months. The workers have been locked out and the company is attempting to […]
- December 14, 2001
600 in Kentucky sign peace ad
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 600 residents of the city and surrounding area have placed a paid advertisement in the Louisville Courier-Journal calling on elected officials and policy-makers to “end the violence and war” and “not spread the war into other countries.” The advertisement, which cost over $,4000, appeared Dec. 12 and was paid for […]
- December 14, 2001
Youth groups call for national peace march
WASHINGTON – The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition met here last weekend to begin plans for a national anti-war mobilization April 14 in the nation’s capital. Representing hundreds of thousands of students on hundreds of campuses and young people in communities in every state, the coalition of 16 national organizations held a press conference […]
- December 14, 2001
Still fighting Fast Track
The 215-214 vote in the House of Representatives on Dec. 6 that gave President Bush “Fast Track” authority to negotiate trade agreements in secret is not the end of the world. As a matter of fact, it’s not even the end of the battle to defeat what is now called “trade promotion authority.” The measure […]
- By : Fred Gaboury
- December 14, 2001
Media hides truth about the war
It’s pretty hard to be among the 10 percent or so against Bush’s war in Afghanistan. Even though that’s 11 million of us in the U.S., the corporate media’s pro-war, pro-Bush stance can make you feel kind of lonely. Has everyone really gone war-mad? Do the majority of people in this country and the world […]
- By : Fred Gaboury
- December 14, 2001
Connecticut over the top in fund drive
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – It was standing room only Dec. 9 at the New Haven People’s Center as an array of activists from across Connecticut came out to honor four leaders and celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the Communist Party USA. The annual event, hosted by the People’s Weekly World in Connecticut, was a demonstration […]
- By : Fred Gaboury
- December 14, 2001
World AIDS Day: I care. Do you?
Each year a theme is chosen for World AIDS Day Dec. 1. This year’s theme was “I care. Do you?” It has been a prophetic theme, because this year those who “care” won some important victories over those who don’t. Activists and third world nations united and struggled mightily to defeat a multinational conspiracy of […]
- By : Fred Gaboury
- December 14, 2001