News and Views
8/21/03- A Price Too High! by Bob Herbert
How long is it going to take for us to recognize that the war we so foolishly started in Iraq is a fiasco--tragic, deeply dehumanizing and untimately unwinnable? How much time and ...
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8/20/03- Major CWA-IUE Victory in Delphi Arbitration!
In January 2oo3, Delphi cut more than 500 jobs at two Morain, Ohio plants. On Tuesday, August 19, 2003 arbitrator Lon Moeller said, Delphi has to abide by a CWA-IUE negotiated 1,50...
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8/19/03- Rally For Howard Dean, Democrat For President!
Chicago, Illinois: Navy Pier, Terrace D Rooftop: 600 E. Grand Ave., Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11AM-1PM. Download flyer in PDF format....
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8/18/03- President Bush is Having a Lovely Vacation!
The Village Voice Cartoon - Schlock 'N' Roll by Ward Sutton. Download in PDF format....
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8/11/03- How About a War on Health Care?
Chicago Labor for Peace, Prosperity and Justice asks, How About a War on Our Health Care Crisis Instead? Or, On Rising Unemployment, or Under-Funded Education, or Unaffordable Hous...
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8/10/03- AFL-CIO Supports California Governor Gray Davis!
The unions of the AFL-CIO are united in opposition to the recall of California Governor Gray Davis. Download AFL-CIO Executive Council Resolution in PDF format....
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8/08/03- AT$T 2003 Contract Extension Ratified Nationwide!
Since the ratified contract extension does not include significant improvements to JOB SECURITY language, be prepared to say "TATA" to thousands of AT$T union jobs over the next 24...
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8/06/03- Democratic Presidential Candidates Criticize Bush, Vow Support for Jobs, Health Care and Workers' Freedom to Form a Union!
Local 4250 Executive Vice President Liz VanDerWoude and I represented Local 4250 members at last nights Democratic Presidential Candidates forum at Navy Pier. The forum was broadca...
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8/06/03- Bush Job Loss Record Unparalleled in the Past 50 Years!
"No measure of the American economy matters more to working families than the jobs it creates and sustains. An economy that hums along with good and plentiful jobs soundly extends ...
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8/05/03- AT$T Vice President Labor Relations Announces Surplus!
Barbara A. Maniscalco, AT$T Vice President Labor Relations, notified the CWA national office of a SURPLUS! Although GCA 551 is not included in this announcement, members may be imp...
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