Articles by Author: stisza
4/25/04- Illinois Senate Democrats Cower to Corporate America!
YOU CAN HELP "KEEP ILLINOIS JOBS IN AMERICA." Illinois State Senate democrats torpedoed their own legislation, SB 2375, when they cowered to corporate interests such as Citicorp an...
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4/23/04- Is Military Draft In The Works?
"Why should Americans sacrifice for the Iraq war? Not by the wildest stretch of the imagination can one seriously argue that the war in Iraq is to defend vital American interests. ...
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4/23/04- Protest of The Merger of Bank One and JP Morgan!
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn joins the Reverend Jesse Jackson and other community leaders to sound alarm on the pending $1.1 TRILLION merger of Bank One and JP Morgan Chase publ...
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4/21/04- Colorado Offshoring Foes Eye November Ballot!
"If we don't get cooperation from our elected officials, then we have to use the next step, which is the ballot initiative," said Richard Armstrong, president of the National Hire ...
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4/21/04- AFL-CIO President Urges U.S. to Raise Workers' Rights Violations in Talks with Chinese
"The President should use this week's Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meetings to press the Chinese government to respect workers' fundamental human rights and to pro...
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4/20/04- NORAD Had Drills of Jets As Weapons!
In the two years before the September 11, 2001 attacks, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted exercises simulating what the White House says was unimaginab...
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4/20/04- One Man's Crusade Against Outsourcing U.S. Jobs!
Michael Emmons logged almost six years as a software developer for Seimens ICN in Orlando, Florida. Instead of outsourcing jobs to India, Seimens had a plan that was every bit as c...
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4/20/04- Congress to Exempt 20,000 from H-1B Visa Cap?
There's a new push in Congress to increase by 20,000 the number of foreign workers holding H-1B visas. The bill, introduced by Rep. LAMAR SMITH (R-Texas), is supported by "Compete ...
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4/19/04- 2004 CWA/IBEW/AT$T Academic Awards Winner!
The 2004 Academic Awards winners have been announced. One of this year's winners is Stacey Carter, daughter of Marilyn D. Carter a CWA Local 4250 member and network order administr...
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4/19/04- AT$T Looking To Acquire India Call Centers!
"U.S. telecom giant AT$T is looking at acquiring Indian call centres in a bid to reduce cost. The U.S. company has been outsourcing to Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) and...
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