Baggage screeners rally for jobs
SAN FRANCISCO – A crowd of more than 1,000 baggage screeners and their allies gathered at a school auditorium near San Francisco’s airport to demand job security for the screeners whose jobs are threatened by the Bush administration’s requirement that they be citizens to hold their jobs.
Detroit Tunnel workers locked out
DETROIT – “Don’t use the tunnel,” a locked-out tunnel worker pleaded to an audience of over 200 demonstrators May 2 in downtown Detroit.
City employees kicked in Dallas
DALLAS – Employees of police and fire departments were honored in San Antonio on April 25 for Workers Memorial Day because so many of them had been killed in the Sept. 11 tragedy. But in Dallas on May 4, they received a kick in the face from the people who run the city!
L.A. calls for national Chvez holiday
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council unanimously called for the establishment of a national holiday for César E. Chávez, the late leader of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO. The Council also agreed to give employees a paid holiday on Chávez’ birthday March 31.
Across the country on May Day and Cinco de Mayo: Thousands demand worker and immigrant rights
About a thousand union and community people marked May Day with a rally and march through downtown Minneapolis, organized by Service Employees International Union Local 17 and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 17. The main themes were workers’ rights, immigrant rights and social justice.
Groups honored in N. Calif.
OAKLAND, Calif. – May Day and Cinco de Mayo were celebrated here April 27 with an exciting program of tributes to area labor and community organizations.
10,000 march in L.A.
LOS ANGELES – “No one is illegal!” chanted over 10,000 union members, students, youth and community activists demanding legalization for undocumented immigrant workers in the largest May Day/International Workers Day turnout here in years. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read a short synopsis from the Service Employees Union, click here.
International Notes
May Day: 70,000 turn out in Istanbul/And Russian protesters emphasize workers’ rights/... And rally across Australia/Iceland town councils declare N-free zones/Argentina’s people fight crisis with assemblies
Yale workers hold giant rally for union contracts
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Thousands of Yale workers, students and residents of New Haven neighborhoods took to the streets April 24, stopping traffic as they pounded drums and carried placards to a rally in front of Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Marshall Plan: A cover for corporations
Earlier this month Pres. Bush invoked the post-World War II Marshall Plan as he proclaimed an ongoing U.S. economic and military role in Afghanistan. There’s been much talk recently of new Marshall Plans.
