2004-01-28
We need some kind sole out there to make a web tag, like the Borders one.
Boycott Krogers
Boycott Krogers
2004-01-27
"No one can live on $206 a week. And they shouldn't have to. Raising the minimum wage might boost the price of a hamburger by a few cents, but it's worth it. Because it also makes it easier for working families to pay for rent, food, health care and child care. Cut through the rhetoric from the Wal-Marts and the McDonalds', and it's really simple: a raise in the minimum wage is good for everybody. As a New Yorker with a brain AND a heart, I call on our State Legislature and our Governor to put working families first and raise the
minimum wage."
515isnotenough.org
minimum wage."
515isnotenough.org
"For those of you interested in union democracy/causing trouble from within: IUOE Local 12 Rank and File Caucus
My Uncle Bob--who some of you met this past summer--is trying to get a caucus going in his IUOE local. Check out his site (includes firey editorial!) and please pass the link on to anyone you know who is interested in union reform or IUOE.
Dan "
My Uncle Bob--who some of you met this past summer--is trying to get a caucus going in his IUOE local. Check out his site (includes firey editorial!) and please pass the link on to anyone you know who is interested in union reform or IUOE.
Dan "
2004-01-15
"A year and 50 days after going on strike when Northern Michigan Hospital management refused to bargain in good faith, 250 nurses continue to picket the Petoskey medical buildings. Progress of negotiating sessions stalled in the weeks leading up to the strike, with the hospital refusing to adequately address issues brought forth by the nurses such as wages, pensions, union security, working conditions, a voice in hospital decisions, nurse-patient ratios and other concerns for patient care."
Michigan IMC: feature/4266
Michigan IMC: feature/4266
"269 workers (209 women and 60 men) arrested after walking out of abusive working conditions and seeking refuge in local temple"
No Sweat
No Sweat
"On December 30, at 9:30 a.m., Martin Barrios, Coordinator of the Human and Labour Rights Commission of the Tehuacan Valley was attacked and brutally beaten by an unknown assailant."
No Sweat
No Sweat
2004-01-07
These workers, mostly Mexicans, contend they were fired and locked out by the company because of concerted activities and unsafe conditions. The Co-Op miners allege:
# Most immigrant workers at the mine earn only between $5.25 and $7 an hour;
# Most workers lack medical insurance and retirement benefits;
# Miners are forced to work under unsafe conditions in violation of Mine Safety & Health Administration regulations (Three workers have been killed at the Co-Op mine since 1996);
# Workers are forced to use defective and unsafe machinery;
# Workers are not provided adequate training by the company;
# Workers are abused and mistreated by management; and
# Female workers have no bathhouse.
Let's Support the Co-Op Miners' Struggle for Justice
# Most immigrant workers at the mine earn only between $5.25 and $7 an hour;
# Most workers lack medical insurance and retirement benefits;
# Miners are forced to work under unsafe conditions in violation of Mine Safety & Health Administration regulations (Three workers have been killed at the Co-Op mine since 1996);
# Workers are forced to use defective and unsafe machinery;
# Workers are not provided adequate training by the company;
# Workers are abused and mistreated by management; and
# Female workers have no bathhouse.
Let's Support the Co-Op Miners' Struggle for Justice
2004-01-02
"Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline pilots' union called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on board."
BBC NEWS | UK | Union advises pilots not to fly
BBC NEWS | UK | Union advises pilots not to fly
