To pass EFCA, theres still work to do
Here’s something to stick in the back of your head: The last time pro-union labor law reform passed Congress was in 1935.
This Week in Labor
A voice for nonunion workers Steelworkers endorse Franken China’s unions set busier New Circuit City cuts
WORLD NOTES
Portugal: General strike sends a message Venezuela: New gains in health care, education Swaziland: Gender bias contributes to HIV spread Philippines: Human rights in the balance Iraq: Humanitarian crisis deepens, especially for women
Lebanon: 30,000 civilians caught in crossfire
BEIRUT (IPS) — Palestinians inside Lebanon have been in a quandary as to how to assist the more than 30,000 residents of the densely populated Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, where thousands are still trapped after fighting between Lebanese Army units and members of a Sunni Islamist group, Fatah al-Islam, broke out May 20.
Rice pressures Spain on Cuba
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned Spain’s recent opening to Cuba as she talked with reporters accompanying her May 29 to Germany, Austria and Spain for talks.
WHAT'S REALLY GOOD
Burger King: a ‘Whopper’ suspect Students win worker justice Mamas walk for peace Stand up against guns
Angelinos fight transit rate hike
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of workers, students, handicapped and elderly people filled the downtown Metropolitan Transit Authority building May 24 to protest proposed transit fare hikes, following MTA Chief Executive Roger Snoble’s announcement of restructuring proposals that would raise basic bus and rail fares from $1.25 to $2.00 for a one-way trip.
Critics say expansion plan wont reform California prisons
A $7.4 billion program to expand California’s already vast prison system, proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by the Legislature last month, is drawing fire from advocates of prison reform and is viewed skeptically even by some legislative leaders.
Market efficiency and health care
For several decades now, those who advocate privatizing virtually every government program preach about how much more efficient private business is, how much more can be accomplished with less drain on the public coffers. Well, now we have proof about how right they are: not at all!
