The economics of offshore outsourcing
News Analysis Last spring the television show, “The West Wing,” came very close to portraying reality. In that episode, a trade pact negotiated by a presidential aide allowed a U.S. tech company to “offshore” 17,000 jobs to India.
Labor moves into precincts to protect vote
Tens of thousands of shop stewards, union activists and labor lawyers will be enforcing the Voting Rights Act on Election Day and in the weeks leading up it.
Oust Bush coalition surges in Florida
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A movement of unions, senior citizen and civil rights organizations is working hard to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state even as Gov. Jeb Bush and the Republican right resort to some of the same dirty tricks they used to steal the 2000 election.
March for womens lives. Rally champions womens equality
NEW YORK — The largest pro-choice rally in this city’s history Aug. 28 helped kick off a week of protest against the Bush administration’s anti-women policies.
GOP policies a disaster for working people
Why did thousands of workers march on the Republican National Convention in New York City, Sept. 1? Are they just whiny “girlie men,” the offensive term used so contemptuously by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his convention remarks?
Massive NY march
Over 500,000 call for regime change NEW YORK – On the eve of the Republican National Convention, before the first lie could come out of the speakers’ mouths, over half a million people took to the streets here Aug. click here for Spanish text
