WHO acknowledges Infact
GENEVA, Switzerland – In an important step by the World Health Organization (WHO), the international health body is granting official WHO relations status to Infact, the U.S.-based corporate accountability organization.
Steelworkers meet on LTV bankruptcy
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. – Over 2,000 steelworkers poured into Central High School Jan. 12 to hear United Steel Workers of America (USWA) pension experts report on the status of the LTV bankruptcy.
Roofers file lawsuit
TUCSON, Ariz. – Roofers here have filed a class action lawsuit against Metric Roofing, alleging illegal wage withholding and misrepresentation, as well as demands for illegal kickbacks from workers.
What would honor 9/11 firefighters?
When the terrorist attack hit the World Trade Center on the 11th of September, rescue workers and ordinary people reached out to help their fellow human beings without regard to race, nationality, or economic standing. They saved those who could be saved, and many died trying to save others.
Military spending doesnt mean jobs
When the cold war “ended” at the beginning of the 1990s, there was a slowdown in military spending. But the “defense transition policy,” which was intended to ease the plight of hundreds of thousands of permanently laid off defense workers, got sidetracked into wholesale consolidation and restructuring of the military industry.
Child labor in the shadows of World Cup
NEW DELHI – With only five months left until the 2002 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup kicks off in Japan and Korea, activists from around the world are putting increasing pressure on FIFA and national teams to make this championship the first international sporting event free of child labor and in compliance with fair labor standards.
Something you can do against bulldozers
The Israeli peace organization Gush Shalom reports that it has obtained information that the bulldozers used in the widespread demolition of Palestinian homes in the Palestinian territories come from Caterpillar Corporation, based in Peoria, Illinois.
U.S. pays for military, world picks up pieces
I heard Congressman Jim Colby (R-Ariz.) on National Public Radio (NPR) Jan. 18. He said it would cost $8 billion or so over the next 10 years to rebuild Afghanistan. (The new Afghan government puts it around $30 billion.) To listen a Real Audio file of the NPR story this article was inspired by, click here.
Demonstration to free Haitian refugees
MIAMI, Fla. – AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson and Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers, joined leaders of Miami’s Haitian community in demanding that the Immigration and Naturalization Service release the nearly 200 Haitian refugees who were interned in a detention center last December. Click here to read a story on Marleine Bastien, president of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (Haitian Women of Miami).
The real need for steel and Homeland Security
“When the civilian market is threatened by the glut of foreign imports, the military’s capability is put at risk. We all know the events of [Sept. 11] highlighted the need for a stable domestic steel industry. Not just steelworkers and their families – but all Americans – are made vulnerable by unfair imports.”
