Union voters pinpoint key legislative issues
The answers given in an AFL-CIO election day survey of 1,020 union members helps answer the question, 'now what' – what are the issues that might serve as its programmatic demands as the labor movement gears for the legislative battle of the next two years and sets its sights on Labor 2004.
International notes
Italy: Huge anti-war demo / Britain: Thousands protest war threat / Colombia: Gov’t undermines justice / Cuba: WFTU urges release of the Miami 5 / Mozambique: Privatization costs jobs / Germany: Unions predict ‘Winter of Discontent’
End of Sharon era what now?
News Analysis TEL AVIV – With only 20 months as the prime minister (PM), Ariel Sharon tried to form a small coalition government after the Labor Party’s withdrawal, by adding the ultra right and extreme religious 'opposition' parties.
National Clips
WASHINGTON: Filipino-American vets seek benefits / MONTEREY, Calif.: Navy may need convincing on war with Iraq / MIAMI: Haitian workers face fast track deportation / FORT BRAGG, N.C.: Violent culture hits home / WASHINGTON: Don’t drink the water, don’t breath the air
AK Steelworkers rally for dignity
BUTLER, Pa. – In the shadow of the county’s civil war memorial, 2,000 steelworkers, their families and supporters, rallied Veterans Day demanding an end to AKSteel Corporation’s firing, harassment and unsafe working conditions.
Waterfront workers donate to Fund Drive
LOS ANGELES – A group of rank-and-file members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union who work at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports donated $2,500 to the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive last week.
An appeal to our readers
We’ve all been busy – and rightly so – these last several months with the election. It’s been hard, time-consuming work that has left most of us with little time for anything else.
False friend wrote the book on backstabbing
The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57, is a strange book by an even stranger author.
Globalization and India
Despite the enthusiasm of its supporters economic globalization gives rise to fierce exploitation, economic instability and crisis.
Protesters press Greece on refugees, troops
ATHENS, Greece – Over 10,000 protesters gathered Nov. 8 in Syntagma (Constitution) Square here in a rally against the attacks on Afghanistan.
