Reactor a health danger
NEW YORK – A Forum for Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant was held here Feb. 7. It included six panelists and an audience of over 100 concerned people. Indian Point Nuclear Reactor is located in Buchanan, N.Y., 25 miles from New York City, and accounts for 20 percent of all electricity supplied to New York State.
Janitors picket for living wage
ST. LOUIS – On Feb. 21, members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 and Jobs with Justice picketed outside of the Frontenac Hilton here. The Business Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of St. Louis were meeting there.
Union fighting anti-labor port security billee
The Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001, a bill now before the Congress, is one of the legislative overreactions to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack that could gut union rights at our nation’s ports.
Black history celebrated in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. – From the written program to the spoken word, to music and singing, “A Celebration of Black History and Labor,” held here Feb. 20, presented a program encouraging people to “commit ourselves from this day forward to vote in greater numbers, speak in louder voices, write with sharper pens and act with firmer convictions.”
The U.S. plans domination of the heavens and earth
During the last presidential campaign George W. Bush called for the creation of a “21st century” military capability.
Steelworkers demand: Save our jobs!
BALTIMORE – More than 1,300 steelworkers and their allies packed the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 2610 union hall here Feb. 20 and cheered as USWA President Leo Gerard demanded that President Bush and Congress act to save the steel industry and thousands of union jobs.
Indiana steelworkers rally for justice
PORTAGE, Ind. – The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) held three rallies in Indiana Feb. 19-21 to call attention to the plight of steelworkers, retirees and the industry as well as to mobilize for a Feb. 28 march on the White House.
The excuse industry is really booming
Even though a recession is on, there is at least one industry that is booming – the excuse industry. Excuse factories are working overtime, combining and recombining excuses like strands of DNA.
A public steel industry for the public good
Thousands of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) members and supporters rallied this past week demanding government action to save their jobs, their families and their communities. Veterans of the USWA and its retiree organization, the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), are thrilled at the response of the rank and file.
Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges
Admiral “Bull” Halsey, who commanded the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet in the South Pacific during World War II, once said, “There are no great men or women, but only great challenges that ordinary men and women rise to meet.”
