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text AgJOBS Stopped for Now by National Farm Worker Ministry
AgJOBS will not be voted on as an amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill. Many Senators preferred not to include AgJOBS and other immigration amendments on the appropriations bill....
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 2:25pm PDT
textMay Day, 60th V-E Day, 60th Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day, 30th Victory in Vietnam Day by Socialist
As May Day, International Workers Day, May 1, approaches, this year being on a Sunday with larger than usual celebrations and renewals of commitment to the struggle, this year we also commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps and Victory in Europe on May 8, the 30th Anniversary of the Victory of the Workingclass of the World in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 and the 60th Anniversary of the first act of the Cold War, the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 and ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 18, 2005 1:10am PDT
textLessons for US radicals: Quebec Students by Tom Reeves
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Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 4:31pm PDT
textUpdate from Zanon workers in Argentina by @A
Over the last week, the workers of the Zanon factory in Argentina have received numerous death threats. The wife of a worker was kidnapped, had her face and chest slashed, and was threatened various times  all in the face of police and governmental indifference....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 2:47am PDT
textUC San Diego Strike on 4/14/05 by Solidarity Forever
UC San Diego witnessed 1000 strikers and 300 at a solidarity rally today, April 14, 2005 in a long overdue labor action at all 9 University of California campuses and other UC facilities....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 7:01pm PDT
textSmithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers by UFCW
UFCW: Smithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers - Again; Company Police Force Instigate Plant Riot in Assault on Workers; NLRB Orders Reinstatement of Workers, Payment of Lost Wages...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 12:38am PDT
textFood and Commercial Workers File Charge Against Wal-Mart on Coughlin 'Union Project' by UFCW
Food and Commercial Workers File Charge Against Wal-Mart on Coughlin 'Union Project'; UFCW Calls on the NLRB to Aggressively Investigate Whether Wal-Mart Bribed Employees to Suppress Worker Support for Union Representation...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:03am PDT
audioRhizome Collective Interview on In "The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 16.6MB) by DJ Sweety
Interview on February 1, 2005 with Scott Kellog from Rhizome Collective in Austin, Texas an educational collective that promotes permaculture and sustainable living, projects include Center for Community Organizing, Center for Urban Sustainability, an after school program and a brownfield restoration project. (Part 1 of the special 2 hour show; AK Press interview follows in second hour)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 5:51pm PDT
image8 Days of Sitting In at WashU for a Living Wage
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by WashU Student Worker Alliance
The following is from a student participating in the ongoing sit-in/occupation in the main administrative building of Washington University in St. Louis. The sit-in is in support of campus workers who do not currently receive a living wage. Currently the sit-in has been going on for 8 days(since April 4). Below this message is a list of ways you can take action and a summary of what we've been doing over the past 10 days....
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 5:27pm PDT
textBTL:Commemorate May Day, with "Inquisitions," a radio play dramatizing... by Between the Lines ~ Squeaky Wheel Productions
...the struggle for workers rights and civil liberties....
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 3:58am PDT
textNeutering Social Security by Jim Hightower
Whether it's to dogs or to We the People, George's message is the same: This radical surgery is needed for your own good. If, however, you suspect that something besides your welfare is really motivating him, you're exactly right....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 7:06am PDT
text Wal-Mart Admits Their Health Care Program Falls Short by UFCW/Wake Up Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Admits Their Health Care Program Falls Short “Wake-Up Wal-Mart” Campaign Asks Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, Inc. to Explain Troubling Statements...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 4:39pm PDT
text UFCW Launches New Campaign to 'Wake Up Walmart' by UFCW
UFCW Launches New Campaign to 'Wake Up Walmart'; America's Campaign to Change Wal-Mart Begins with New Website and Blog...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:40am PDT
imageTake Action:From the Ongoing Sit-In at Washington University in St. Louis
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by WashU Student Worker Alliance
The following is from a student participating in the ongoing sit-in/occupation in the main administrative building of Washington University in St. Louis. The sit-in is in support of campus workers who do not currently receive a living wage. Currently the sit-in has been going on for over 24 hours(as of noon april 5). Below this message is a list of ways you can take action....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 8:07pm PDT
imageCall for Submissions: Fifth Estate's special issue on Wobblies & Work
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by 5E
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Fifth Estate will be joining in this centenary celebration by dedicating its Fall issue to the topic of Wobblies and Work....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 8:09pm PDT
textPoll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace by Employment Law Alliance
Poll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace; 16 Pct. Say They Were Victims of Discrimination on the Job...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:28am PST
textBAYAN USA CONDEMNS KILLINGS & EXPRESS CONCERN FOR INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS JUSTICE CAPULONG by BAYAN USA
Threats against the Philippines’ premier human rights lawyer linked to Hacienda Luisita massacre, derailment of peace talks and U.S. “war on terror”...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:11am PST
imagephotos from bruxelles, actionday 19th march
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by takeshi
photos from bruxelles, actionday 19th march...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 6:35am PST
textReport: Wal-Mart Has Highest Number of Employees on Welfare in Homestate by UFCW
Report: Wal-Mart Has Highest Number of Employees on Welfare in Homestate; Retail Giant's Ongoing Media Blitz Fails to Hide Company Record...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:07pm PST
textRemembering those who serve …A tribute to America’s food-and-beverage workers by PWW (reposted)
From diners and drive-throughs to gourmet restaurants, America’s dedicated foodservice workers embrace their long holiday shifts with cheerful attitudes and even enthusiasm for the stressful, if not Herculean, task at hand. For them, it is the best of times and the worst of times....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 11:41am PST
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