Labor update
This fleece gives you the chills / Teamsters make the best gefilte fish / Contraceptive equity victory
Cesar Chavez His legacy continues to inspire
SAN FRANCISCO – Over 1,000 members of the United Farm Workers (UFW), other unionists and supporters marched to Civic Center Plaza here March 28 to celebrate the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. click here for Spanish text
LABOR UPDATE
USWA and PACE forge ‘strategic alliance” / Monument to honor Black labor history / Mushroom workers win 17-year struggle / Killer fumes from microwave popcorn / Scaffolding failures add to death toll
Labor knocks on voters doors
BAL HARBOUR, Fla. – America’s workplaces and working class neighborhoods are the front lines of the 2004 battle to rid this country of what many describe as the most anti-worker president anyone can remember, according to labor leaders gathered at the March 9-11 meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council here.
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
Philadelphia Community rallies to save hospital
PHILADELPHIA – Overflow crowds are becoming commonplace in the battle to save historic Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital since the announcement Dec. 18 by Tenet Healthcare Systems of its plans to close the facility. The hospital has been serving Philadelphians since 1850.
Philadelphia Nurses reject contract
PHILADELPHIA – Nurses at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital (MCP), on strike for nearly a month, rejected Tenet Health Care Corporation’s latest contract offer on Dec. 1.
U.S. military attacks Iraqi trade unions
A U.S. occupation force involving 10 armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Baghdad, Dec. 6. They arrested eight of its leaders and members, who were handcuffed and taken away to an unknown destination. The eight were released the next day with no explanation. click here for Spanish text
Miami protesters decry police violence
MILWAUKEE – Most of the 30 or so people filling the Green Dragon Freedom Café here Nov. 26 had been participants in the protests surrounding the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami.
Grocery strike solid
VENICE, Calif. – Several hundred workers and supporters from the community turned out in front of a Ralphs Market here Oct. 18 for a rally in support of the striking grocery workers.
