Pursuing happyness conveys capitalist reality
“The Pursuit of Happyness” starring Will Smith, his real-life son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, and the actress Thandie Newton as Smith’s wife is an excellent movie and one I would recommend to all PWW readers.
Copper miners gain in new contract
TUCSON, Ariz. — Southwest copper miners won substantial economic gains and unprecedented job security provisions in a contract with ASARCO that covers approximately 1,600 hourly workers at five locations in Arizona and Texas.
Solidarity turns tide for Goodyear workers
PITTSBURGH — Labor and community solidarity with Goodyear workers, who ratified a new contract Dec. 28 after a three-month strike, reached such a level that United Steel Workers President Leo Gerard sent an e-mail/letter of appreciation to all the local unions and activists for which the USW had addresses.
The fight pays off Justice vs. Wal-Mart
Union busting has become so important to Wal-Mart, the nation’s biggest corporate fat cat, that it is offering to pay clerks and cashiers who sign up to work at its new “superstore” in Riverdale, N.J., $2 an hour more than the starting rate at the surrounding unionized stores.
WORLD NOTES
Colombia: Journalist freed but still under threat; European Union: New energy policies favor environment; Nigeria: Violence threatens workers and oil industry; Burma: Resistance grows against authoritarian regime; Iran: U.S. sanctions large bank
Greeks march to save public higher education
ATHENS, Greece — Pro-education forces throughout Greece took to the streets this week for an all-out offensive of marches and demonstrations to block a parliamentary vote on privatizing the higher education system.
UN resolution vs. human trafficking
UNITED NATIONS — The Republic of Belarus sponsored a resolution here to strengthen the worldwide fight against the trafficking of women and girls. The resolution was approved unanimously without a vote.
Calif. governor proposes sweeping health plan
Last week California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed a sweeping $12 billion proposal to revamp health care in the state. Responses, many of them critical, came quickly.
$180,000 reached as PWW fund drive wraps up
NEW YORK — The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo wrapped up its 2006 Fund Drive on Dec. 31. The newspaper’s fund drive committee said that they were pleased with the drive’s results. Events and individual contributions raised $180,000, just short of the $200,000 goal.
