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. 
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Oct. 13, 2007
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It takes a leap of faith to believe that this lovely city can be rebuilt from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, given the cruelty of President Bush who concealed his administration’s abandonment of the working people of New Orleans with honey-sweet promises, all of them broken.
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Drive 60 miles northwest of Manhattan and you’re on a New Jersey road winding beneath mountain ridges exploding with fall colors reflected in a string of lakes. As you think you might be in Shangri-la, you pass a billboard proclaiming, “Welcome to West Milford — a Clean Community,” signed by the Republican mayor. An American flag flutters atop a pole next to it.
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About 43,000 autoworkers streamed out of their workplaces Oct. 10 at Chrysler plants across the nation, launching a second nationwide auto strike within a two-week period, but this one lasting only about four hours.
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Niños marcharon a la Casa Blanca el 2 de octubre jalando vagones rojos llenos de peticiones demandando que el presidente George W. Bush no veta un proyecto de ley que pasó el Congreso para extender el Programa de Seguro de Salud Estatal para Niños (SCHIP por sus siglas en inglés). El proyecto aumentaría el SCHIP para que cuatro millones niños más tengan cobertura.
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El empezar del documental “The War” (La Guerra) sobre el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial del cineasta Ken Burns continúa ser motivo de protestas de parte de hispanos en Estados Unidos. Pero no solo fueron los latinos que criticaron el proyecto, sino grupos de veteranos, medios de opinión y noticias, y otros.
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How many elections can be hailed as “The Year of the Woman” before anything actually changes? Hint: no answer to this question exists yet.
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Many autoworkers, back after their strike against GM, are worried or angry about concessions the company insisted on in the new contract.
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Children marched to the White House Oct. 2 pulling red wagons filled with petitions demanding that President Bush drop his plan to veto legislation passed by the Senate and House that would extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and expand it to cover an additional 4 million children.
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JENA, Luisiana — Hasta 50,000 de todo el país llegaron a este pueblito en la madrugada del 20 de septiembre para participar en una manifestación que duró todo el día, con la consigna de “Libertad para los 6 de Jena”.
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