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Chile’s privatized pensions spell worker hardship As the Bush administration pushes to privatize Social Security, many people are looking at countries where state-funded pensions have been privatized. One of them is Chile. President Bush lauded Chile’s privatized social security system as a “good example” for the U.S. when he visited Santiago last November to participate in the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:49pm PST
Union Counter-Strategy to Closure of Wal-Mart Store to be Revealed at February 11th Toront Canada (United Food and Commercial Workers Canada), the union representing Wal-Mart workers, will be holding a press conference tomorrow Friday, February 11 at 10:30 a.m. EST regarding the announcement by Wal-Mart Canada of its plans to close a store in Jonquiere, Quebec that was recently unionized....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:41am PST
Social Security's "Sleeper Issue" : Price Indexing Exposed By Kucinich 
Kucinich added that while much attention has been focused on private accounts, price indexing, once understood by both the media and the American people generally, will create such an uproar that it will jeopardize not only the Administration’s plans, but could create great political risk for members supporting the plans....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:58pm PST
Workers Unite in Response to Wal-Mart's Actions in Jonquiere Wal-Mart Runs Away from Workers and Runs Over Workers' Rights; Workers Unite in Response to Wal-Mart's Actions in Jonquiere...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:21pm PST
Resistance to Unemployment in France The unemployed movement in France, which lead to widespread national actions and demonstrations against poverty, contributed much to the debate in France and elsewhere about how to build resistance to unemployment. But it went further than this....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:58pm PST
Gijón, Spain: Shipyard workers in struggle 
The shipyard workers of Naval Gijón continued their year-long struggle against privatization today, February 10, with more burning barricades. There was also a small scuffle with the riot police....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 7:18pm PST
Canadian Wal-Mart Seeking Union to Close Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) said Wednesday it will close a Canadian store whose workers are on the verge of becoming the first ever to win a union contract from the world's biggest retailer....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 8:58pm PST
Jobs and wages picture remains bleak for millions in US The employment and general economic situation remained dismal for millions of American workers in January, amid signs that the so-called recovery may be slowing. While the official unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent, payrolls increased by only 146,000, considerably less than predicted. Manufacturing jobs fell by 25,000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, released February 4, also revised downward the number of jobs created in December, from 157,000 to 133,000....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 6:31am PST
Building Bridges Radio - Social Insecurity plus The Next Pres. of Chile? Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 min radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS LINK BELOW...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 8:26am PST
Chavez: Capitalism must be transcended Hands Off Venezuela Campaign...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 4:40pm PST
Emily Tang Fired by the Metropolitan Hotel To-day, Metropolitan Hotel Workers Committee member, Emily Tang, was fired by the Metropolitan Hotel. She had been suspended for weeks for violating a shameless policy that bans workers from making public statements about the Hotel deemed negative by management....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 4:50pm PST
Gijón, Spain: Shipyard workers battle riot police 
One police officer suffered injuries to an arm and a leg in confrontations with the shipard workers of Naval Gijón, who have been engaged in a prolonged battle against privatization and for work contracts....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 1:22pm PST
Abuses Against Workers Taint U.S. Meat and Poultry (Chicago, January 25, 2005)—Workers in the U.S. meat and poultry industry endure unnecessarily hazardous work conditions, and the companies employing them often use illegal tactics to crush union organizing efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 8:28pm PST
Building Bridges Radio - Bring the Troops Home - Cong Owens plus Dr. King on Vietnam Building Bridges Radio presents this 28 minute program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 6:58pm PST
Ohio: IWW Organizer Fired It was 6 months January 10, 2005 that I will have been fired from Wild Oats under what many believe to be questionable circumstances. Not only has Wild Oats ignored the unions attempt for the exact reason for my termination, they have also ignored the hundreds of Wild Oats shoppers who have demanded an answer....
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 12:48am PST
“We want to make changes with a scalpel, not a chain saw.” The silent dissent in the labor movement must cease. The average member cannot be expected to speak out against the disastrous policies of the trade union leadership when so many seasoned activists refuse to challenge the status quo....
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 7:51pm PST
Building Bridges Radio: Representative John Conyers Building Bridges: Your Communiyt and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK....
Posted: Wed, Jan 19, 2005 2:06pm PST
For Social Security, Stability or Volatility? The phony Social Security crisis...
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 4:36am PST
IWW Founding Convention Now On-line 
In honor of the 100th year of the IWW, the Marxist Internet Archive (MIA) has put together the papers of the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in a special section of the MIA....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 3:16pm PST
Building Bridges Radio: Fighting Wal-Mart in N.Y.C & Quebec Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:09pm PST
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