We are against school closings
CHICAGO — Parents, community groups, teachers and students are fed up with Chicago Public Schools officials who voted to close, consolidate or restructure 18 schools here Feb. 27.
Labor propels Kucinich to big win
CLEVELAND — Labor and its progressive allies scored a major victory in the Democratic primary here March 4 when Congressman Dennis Kucinich beat back a heavily financed effort to take his seat.
Gov't sued for citizenship delays
The suit demands the court to order the Bush administration to speed up the naturalization process so all who apply and are eligible by March 26, 2008, can become citizens “in time to register for the November 2008 election.”
Workers drown in pink slip deluge
Only a week after releasing the most dismal consumer spending figures in eight years, the government said, March 7, that 63,000 workers lost their jobs in February — another sure sign that the economy is in full recession.
National dialogue needed on our overflowing jails
In 2008 in the United States of America more than 1 out of every 100 adults is behind bars. A report by the Pew Public Safety Performance Project announced that on Jan. 1, 2008, an estimated 2,319,258 adults were in federal and state prisons and local jails. The rate of incarceration in the U.S. is the greatest in the world.
African American History Month Participants Ready to Make Change
NEW HAVEN, CT – Oakland teacher and civil rights activist Cassie Lopez brought people to their feet with her powerful message at African American History Month events in Connecticut held at the New Haven Peoples Center, and in Hartford during the last weekend of February.
Labor leaders call for action on climate change, green jobs
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The myth that labor is some type of dinosaur wedded to an extinct rust-belt economy was shattered here March 5 when the AFL-CIO executive council unanimously passed a resolution urging greening of the economy and creation of a climate change and jobs strategy that works for all Americans.
Unions tackle housing and foreclosure crisis
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – “The seeds of this crisis were sown long ago and are symptoms of a low-wage economic strategy where workers are given the power to spend and borrow instead of an increase in wages.”
Million member mobilization launched to achieve bargaining rights for workers
SAN DIEGO – Leaders of 56 national unions agreed here March 4, at an AFL-CIO executive council meeting, to collect written pledges from 10 percent of the federation’s members, one million workers, demanding an overhaul of U.S. labor law.
