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Border Fence Shuts Out U.S. Steelworkers, Threatens Environment Wednesday, October 24, 2007 : Once again, the Bush administration is sending work overseas that could be done here and ignoring laws that get in the way of what it wants to accomplish. This time it's the $1.2 billion, 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border that's supposed to make us more secure....
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2007 7:47am PDT
BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER! The merger of UFCW 588 and 1288 last year to form UFCW 8-Golden State further strengthened an already strong Union....
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 2:48pm PDT
UAW Sellout at Gm and Chrysler Corrupt UAW bosses sell out their rank and file...
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 11:38am PDT
New Orleans Labor Media Web Site Set-up A New Orleans labor media center was established during the ILCA convention and provided
photos, stories, audio and video of the conditions of the working class in New Orleans...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 9:32am PDT
Report Highlights How Verizon Neglects Communities, Fails to Provide Good Jobs Monday, October 22, 2007 : A report released today by American Rights at Work reveals how telecom industry giant Verizon Communications is using a heavy arsenal of intimidation and harassment to fight against workers who are trying to form a union to improve their wages, benefits and working conditions....
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 7:33am PDT
Australia: McArthur Express workers face up to 10 years jail for protesting Saturday, October 20, 2007 : Two workers arrested outside the McArthur Express transport depot last month, while protesting against the company’s sudden closure, attended Blacktown Local Court in western Sydney on October 17, facing serious charges that carry up to 10 years imprisonment. Contrary to their expectations—that the case would be dropped following representations to the police by the Transport Workers Union—the two young men, Anthony Coenradi and Andrew Moore, were told that the pr...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2007 10:29am PDT
Large UAW local votes 80 percent to reject Chrysler sellout faces strong rank-and-file opposition Saturday, October 20, 2007 :As voting begins on a new four-year contract between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Chrysler, there is evidence of powerful rank-and-file opposition to the deal, which gives private equity firm Cerberus Capital a free hand to carve up the company and wipe out thousands of jobs. On Thursday, workers at the St....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2007 10:27am PDT
Transport strike brings France to a standstill Friday, October 19, 2007 :Transport workers striking in defence of their pensions brought France’s rail, bus and urban transport system to a virtual standstill on Thursday. The Gaullist government headed by President Nicolas Sarkozy is pushing through a reform that would dismantle the rail workers’ retirement scheme—the regimes spéciaux....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2007 7:59am PDT
Vote 'no' on UAW sellout at Chrysler! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight! Friday, October 19, 2007 :The following statement is being distributed at ratification meetings of United Auto Workers locals at Chrysler plants in the US. It is also posted in pdf format. We urge WSWS readers and auto workers to download and distribute it as widely as possible. Auto workers should emphatically reject the total surrender by the UAW and fight for an indefinite national strike against Chrysler and its Wall Street owners, Cerberus Capital Management....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2007 7:57am PDT
Industrial Worker - Issue #1700, October 2007 
Headlines:
* 9 Handyfat workers win reinstatement in NYC
* Crichton campus in Scotland saved
* Starbucks on trial: Does being big make us bad?
Featured Articles:
* Chicago General Assembly shows growth
* Two years of organizing the NYC food industry
* India free trade zones cause unrest, inequality...
Posted: Thu, Oct 18, 2007 7:39am PDT
Burger King: You Can’t Have It Your Way Monday, October 15, 2007 : Across Florida and around the country, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) are hitting the streets for two months to mobilize workers and consumers to call on Burger King fast-food chain to improve farm workers' wages and working conditions. The first leg of the tour in Florida wrapped up last week....
Posted: Mon, Oct 15, 2007 8:13am PDT
Steer Clear of Boycotted Hotels LA hotels are still under boycott. We need your help....
Posted: Sat, Oct 13, 2007 10:37pm PDT
When The Union Becomes Management (audio/mpeg 1.0MB) The recent contract approval by the executive committee of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and General Motors (GM) marks a turning point in relations between labor and management....
That's because, if the UAW members agree, the union will (at least partially ) administer almost $30 billion bucks in pension funds....
In one fell swoop, the union performs the function of GM management!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 13, 2007 8:31am PDT
Auto pact: the good, the bad and the ugly Friday, October 12, 2007 : The wages and working conditions of union autoworkers have always set standards for all manufacturing. These in turn have put upward pressure on wages and benefits for all workers. But in today’s political and economic climate, major contract negotiations in the manufacturing sector are hell. Thirty years of corporate/right-wing attacks on labor law and workers’ rights have taken an enormous toll....
Posted: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 7:57am PDT
Wal-Mart Fights Paying Fair Share of Property Taxes Friday, October 12, 2007 : A new report shows Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, which made nearly $12 billion in profits last year, is squeezing money out of local communities by trying to reduce its property taxes, the main source of revenue for schools, roads, police and fire protection. The giant retailer has sought to reduce the property taxes it pays on 35 percent of its stores and 40 percent of its distribution centers, according to a report by the nonprofit research group Good J...
Posted: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 7:51am PDT
Judge Halts New ‘No Match’ Rules for Employers Friday, October 12, 2007 : A federal judge yesterday issued a preliminary injunction stopping the government from enforcing a new rule that would have caused U.S. citizens and legal residents to lose their jobs because of errors in the Social Security Administration (SSA) database....
Posted: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 7:50am PDT
CIW announces major march on Burger King headquarters 
Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces MARCH ON BURGER KING HEADQUARTERS in Miami, Florida, to coincide with Burger King’s annual shareholder meeting on Friday, November 30th, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 3:59am PDT
Boardroom Conflicts of Interest Raise Health Care Costs Thursday, October 11, 2007 : Patrick O'Meara, corporate finance specialist in the AFL-CIO Office of Investment, describes how conflicts of interest in the boardroom affect our pocketbooks when it comes to health care.With health care costs soaring, we would expect that a company would do everything it can to find less-expensive ways to provide good health care benefits to its workers and their families....
Posted: Thu, Oct 11, 2007 7:46am PDT
UAW stages six-hour strike to push through contract betrayal at Chrysler Thursday, October 11, 2007 :The United Auto Workers union ended a strike at Chrysler plants throughout the US on Wednesday just six hours after calling a partial walkout involving 37,000 out of the company’s 49,000 UAW members. As with the two-day strike at General Motors two weeks ago, the union leadership called the action as part of its entirely cynical and self-serving maneuvers with management....
Posted: Thu, Oct 11, 2007 7:32am PDT
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