Gov. calls for relief for California unemployed
LOS ANGELES – In his annual State of the State address in January, Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, called on state legislators to enact to bring much-needed relief to California’s unemployed. Two more sources of information are TURN - The Utility Reform Network and this SF Chronicle article on the Cheney-Lay connection.
Welfare groups rally in D.C.
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers were so busy Feb. 5 with the Enron debacle they had no time to hear from 300 poor people from across the country here to demand jobs or benefits to support their children. For more information, visit GROWL - Grass Roots Organization for Welfare Leadership.
Another world is possible
On Jan. 31, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney warned the World Economic Forum (WEF) that working people had come to the group’s annual meeting, held Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, to “challenge Enron economics at home and abroad” and warned that the anti-globalization movement is not going to go away. Visit the AFL-CIO for more speeches by Sweeney, as well as much more information on the U.S. labor movement.
20,000 tell world forum people before profits
NEW YORK – Over 20,000 peaceful protestors converged on the Waldorf-Astoria hotel here last weekend to protest the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting being held there. To visit two websites with more information, click Another World is Possible or the World Social Forum.
