LABOR UPDATE
No security for IMF security guards / Tilt! / Caterpillar-UAW talks extended / Calif. teachers hit NED funding / Student-labor unity in St. Louis / Support building in Congress for EFCA
Navy closes last base in Puerto Rico
On March 31 the U.S. Navy closed down the Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The closing of the base, a victory for the progressive and pro-independence forces of this Caribbean nation, came after the Puerto Rican people won the fight to stop the Navy’s use of the island municipality of Vieques for bombing practice. click here for Spanish text
Support Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia is a soldier with the Florida National Guard who has served in both the Army and National Guard for over eight years.
Jobs report not so rosy
In Ohio, one of the presidential battleground states, the news that the economy created 308,000 new jobs last month was met with a healthy dose of working-class skepticism.
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
Intimidation, fraud mar El Salvador vote
SAN SALVADOR – Far from being a victory for democracy, El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election made a mockery of free and democratic elections.
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.
Gay marriage debate rages in states
While same-sex couples line up at city halls across the country in hopes of being married, sometimes defending their right to do so by demonstrating in the streets, the debate over gay marriage rages on in state legislatures.
