Gersons tied knot 70 years ago ...Still blissful!
Family, friends and comrades of Si and Sophie Gerson will toast the couple's 70th wedding anniversary during a gala celebration May 19 at Winston Unity Center in Manhattan.
AFL-CIO releases survey of working women
The AFL-CIO's 'Ask a Working Woman' survey shows that although their concerns remain the same, working women's legislative issue priorities have shifted, with health and retirement issues now topping a list that includes affirmative action, equal pay, on-the-job discrimination, child care family/medical leave and equity for part-time workers.
Bush blocks children's rights at U.N. session
In the United Nations Special Session on Children, May 8-10, the Bush administration stood virtually isolated from the world community because of its opposition to comprehensive reproductive health services and sex education for teenagers. For the entire article, click on the headline. To see the Cuban statement ot the UN on this issue, click here.
Pennsylvanians tell Gov. Schweiker: 'Hands off our health care'
HARRISBURG, Pa. - On May 1 over 200 people gathered here for a rally and lobby day to tell Gov. Mark Schweiker, 'Hands off our health care.' The crowd included two busloads of uninsured workers and unemployed workers from Philadelphia, sponsored by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP) as part of the Pa. Hands Off Our Healthcare Coalition.
Action needed on nursing shortage
The historic actions taken in California that establish the maximum number of patients a hospital can assign to a nurse are sending shockwaves across the country. Finally, at least one state took the proper action to protect the health of patients and nurses.
Latin American workers tell it like it is
DENVER, Colo. - While leaders of the International Chamber of Commerce and other advocates touted the benefits of capitalist globalization here May 6, 500 demonstrators made a counterpoint: not everyone benefits as businesses rack up huge profits on the backs of workers when corporation move factories to less-developed countries in order to avoid high wages or taxes.
AT&T workers rally for justice
CHICAGO - AT&T Broadband workers rallied here April 29 to demand the right to organize. Joined by supporters from the Chicago-area labor movement, they cheered as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka and other labor leaders vowed to fight 'one day longer' than AT&T.
Coalition politics: The only way to defeat the ultra-right
The recent assembling of 100,000 people in our nation's capital protesting the Bush administration's policies of militarism, economic austerity, and sweeping denial of democratic liberties was a major political breakthrough. Its size was greater than many anticipated; the diversity of the marchers, including large numbers of Arab people, was striking; the level of anti-imperialist understanding was papable; the urgency of Palestinian statehood emerged in a new way; the action was the first major mobilization in Washington since Sept. 11, and, perhaps most importantly, the stage was set for a broad range of actions at the national and local level against Bush's reactionary policies.
CPUSA takes fresh look at building grassroots
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is sponsoring a conference June 28-30 on building Party clubs and the labor and people's movements at the grassroots. The conference will be in New York City.
Immigrant workers denied entry to public hearing
WATERBURY, Conn. - Over 100 immigrant workers were forcibly denied entrance to the Rowland Government Center May 10, as they attempted to attend a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) public hearing. The violation of democratic rights was especially shocking because the hearing was discussing a proposal to prohibit some immigrants who have the legal right to live and work in the United States from getting drivers licenses.
