Labor, Democrats draft worker-friendly stimulus plan
Sen. Edward Kennedy and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney announced a new economic stimulus plan that extends jobless benefits by 13 weeks. The April 10 announcement followed a meeting between labor and congressional leaders in Washington D.C., where the package was drawn up.
Free trade deal stopped, unions celebrate
Labor is celebrating the 224-195 House vote April 10 to set aside the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” pact because of concern on Capitol Hill about the continuing murder of trade unionists in that country.
Bush hands Iraq mess to next prez
In their testimony before Congress this month, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker made it clear the Bush administration is passing its Iraq disaster on to the next administration. To make matters worse, their testimony indicated Bush intends to tie the new administration’s hands with a backdoor deal to lock in U.S. military, political and economic presence in Iraq.
McCain disses vets
WASHINGTON — Demanding that he back a “GI Bill of Rights” that would allow millions of vets to attend college, Iraq war veterans here, April 14, delivered 30,000 signatures on petitions to John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.
The making of a social documentary photographer
In 1957, Milton Rogovin was an optometrist in Buffalo. Today, at age 98, he is one of the country’s foremost documentary photographers.
Earth Day 2008
The first Earth Day in 1970 symbolized our growing awareness of problems in the relationship of human production to the nature on which we depend for survival. The problems are rapidly escalating.
Workers correspondence Protect Social Security customer service
We thought the push to privatize Social Security was dead. In the wake of the failure to privatize the Social Security Administration, the administration has slashed staffing by starving the agency of resources through its budget policy.
Iraq vets to McCain: Support our GIs!
WASHINGTON — Demanding that he back a “GI Bill of Rights” that would allow millions of vets to attend college, Iraq war veterans here, April 14, delivered 30,000 signatures on petitions to John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.
Bush hands Iraq disaster to next administration
In their testimony before Congress this month, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker made it clear the Bush administration is passing its Iraq disaster on to the next administration.
