Wal-Mart tops Fortune 500 list
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the discounter that has become the dominant force in American retailing, is now the largest company in the nation and the world, capturing the top spot on the annual Fortune 500 list.
Janitors march for living wage
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – On April 6, over 200 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 marched from the A.G. Edwards building to the Blue Cross Blue Shield building here.
Medina calls for renewed struggle
CHICAGO – Eliseo Medina, vice president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has called for a renewed struggle for the rights of immigrant workers and for the legalization of undocumented immigrants.
Celebrate May Day and Cinco de Mayo with the World/Nuestro Mundo
As we have done in the past, we are opening the pages of the May 4 edition of the World/Nuestro Mundo to our friends and supporters who wish to publish greetings celebrating May Day and Cinco de Mayo.
International Notes
Demonstrators protest Turkish gov’t attack/Indian People’s Front calls protest/Conference demands Israeli withdrawal/Vietnam and Cuba: Shoulder to shoulder/China shuts down unsafe mines
School bus drivers organize
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – When a group of angry school bus drivers marched into the management office at First Student School Bus Company on February 27, the supervisors were shocked.
In honor of Chvez
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The 75th birthday of César Chávez was celebrated here by more than 2,000 marchers. For many blocks, the colorful array of flags and signs and the beautifully costumed dancers brightened a lovely spring morning.
Parade theme is Chvez holiday campaign
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A mix of signs calling for voter approval of New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 7, which would establish a statewide holiday in honor of César Chávez, and Jobs with Justice signs, dominated the parade of over 300 people here March 30.
Report: Hollywood colluded with tobacco giants
LONDON – From Sean Connery in Never Say Never to Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee, actors lit up on screen because of collusion between Hollywood and the tobacco industry, researchers allege.
Game show highlights low-income tax benefits
NEW YORK – An underutilized and underpublicized government benefit program designed to provide financial relief to low-income and unemployed people is the focus of a 15-minute special to be aired weekly at various times on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), Channels 34 (Time Warner) and 109 (RCN) through April 15.
