Poisons at Cintas laundry
Commentary NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Workers at the Cintas plant in Branford, Conn., and across the country are taking their lead from co-workers in Long Island, N.Y., who are standing up for their health and safety rights.
NATIONAL CLIPS
ST. LOUIS: Coalition forms to rescue health care / BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Officials protest block grant, housing cuts / TOMBSTONE, Ariz.: Vigilantes threaten undocumented workers / SAN FRANCISCO: Environmental groups sue Bush to save forests
John Negropontes bloody baggage
John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, has been nominated by President Bush to head the new super-spy agency set up by last year’s intelligence reform legislation. Negroponte’s baggage contains a shocking amount of dirt and blood.
Editorials
End U.S.-backed bloodshed in Haiti! / No discrimination in the Constitution
Memory & History
Art exhibit NEW YORK – From 1892 to its official close in 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through the gates of New York’s Ellis Island, yearning for freedom and a new life on American shores.
Editorials
Wisconsin surprise / Bush’s Afghanistan
LABOR UPDATE
Government adopts ‘Wal-Mart’ personnel policies / Flower growers stink / Judge puts anti-union reporting rules on hold / Unless things change, future jobs will pay less / Steelworkers for Healthcare / Poverty reduction key to peace
