Vigil launched to lift sanctions
OAKLAND – Supporters of the lifting of sanctions against the Republic of Haiti held the first of a series of weekly picketing and protest at the Federal Building here Jan. 3.
New Yorkers meet Bloomberg with demands
NEW YORK – A citywide coalition of New Yorkers gathered at the steps of City Hall Jan. 2 to voice their concerns and present a set of demands to Michael Bloomberg, the city’s new mayor.
Republicans stop action on vital farm bill
After months of hearings in farm regions across the nation, Senate Democrats brought to the floor a new farm bill for the next five years that would have protected farmers from expected low commodity prices.
Fla. seniors fight for jobless
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.– The Florida chapter of the Alliance of Retired Americans (ARA) called on Congress and the Bush administration last month to double the weeks of jobless benefits to 52 weeks and provide health insurance coverage under Medicare to all 8.3 million unemployed workers as the economic recession deepened.
End before-school chaos
Is that vision of the ideal TV family of the 60s still locked in your memory every morning – the smiling Mom and Dad leisurely discussing the coming day over a nourishing breakfast with their loving, well-organized children?
A people's health agenda for the new year
The political action agendas for labor and people’s movements in 2002 will be crucial to the next decade of social progress.
Indiana AFL-CIO hears steelworker president
INDIANAPOLIS – On Dec. 17 over 350 union delegates assembled here for the 22nd Indiana State AFL-CIO convention.
Life and debt in Dallas
DALLAS – Activists from the civil rights, environmental, labor and peace movements have already come together in here as the new year begins. At least three joint actions have brought the formerly separate groups closer together.
Honor Dr. King on his Birthday
When we marched to make Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday we never dreamed what it would become.
Layoffs don't make airlines safer
CHICAGO – After getting a $15-billion bailout, major airlines then used Sept. 11 as a pretext to eliminate meals on most domestic flights.
