Carousel strikers take on corporate giant
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. – On Feb. 1 Carousel Linen strikers and 100 supporters rallied across the street from the sprawling industrial complex of global pharmaceutical monopoly, Abbott Laboratories.
New Mexico teachers:Today is the rainy day
SANTA FE, N.M. – Nearly 2,000 union members and community activists took to the streets here Feb. 2 as part of the biggest New Mexico Jobs Day demonstration ever.
Janitors want a raise after almost 30 years
ST. LOUIS – On Jan. 26, over 400 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 voted unanimously to go on strike.
Eliminating racist team names is not a trivial issue
Is the demand for an end to the use of American Indian team names, mascots, and logos too trivial or divisive an issue for trade unionists and people of all races to support?
Education not incarceration
Most of President Bush’s State of the Union address was devoted to declaring himself ruler of the entire world, without having won any election, but he did take some time out to talk about the economy. Bush’s speech contained themes that will continue as major issues in the coming months.
Education not incarceration
The most industrialized nation in the world, the United States, does not have the highest literacy rate in the world. However, it does have the distinction of claiming the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens. Young African-American males, and in increasing numbers females, are being incarcerated significantly out of proportion to their numbers in the population.
Sen. Boxer: Lay memo is smoking gun
WASHINGTON – Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) assailed former Enron CEO Ken Lay Feb. 4 for pulling out of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. She said that once again Lay is keeping the people of California “in the dark.”
No applause here for Bush budget
Any doubts about President Bush’s priorities were erased when he submitted his Fiscal Year 2003 budget to Congress Feb. 4. Dubbed a budget “that leaves no military contractor behind,” the $2.13 trillion spending and tax package was met with critical reviews from the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association (NEA) and organizations concerned with the budget’s impact on workers and poor people.
Gov. calls for relief for California unemployed
LOS ANGELES – In his annual State of the State address in January, Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, called on state legislators to enact to bring much-needed relief to California’s unemployed. Two more sources of information are TURN - The Utility Reform Network and this SF Chronicle article on the Cheney-Lay connection.
Welfare groups rally in D.C.
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers were so busy Feb. 5 with the Enron debacle they had no time to hear from 300 poor people from across the country here to demand jobs or benefits to support their children. For more information, visit GROWL - Grass Roots Organization for Welfare Leadership.
