Jul 5, 2003

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of angry workers from across the nation picketed the U.S. Labor Department June 30 to protest a new Bush administration regulation that could terminate overtime pay for eight million workers.

NEW YORK – The 250,000 people crowded along Fifth Avenue June 29 to take part in and watch the 34th annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Pride March were celebrating something more specific than the ongoing fight for equal rights.

The editorial board of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo has named Terrie Albano editor. Albano is the first woman editor of the newspaper, which traces its lineage back to the 1924 Daily Worker.

U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW), a nationwide network of labor groups, recently presented an exposé of the U.S. corporate invasion of Iraq under cover of the U.S.-British occupation. The report was presented to the Workers’ Group of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, June 14-15.

DETROIT – Several thousand people marched in downtown Detroit on June 28 to commemorate “The Walk to Freedom” march held in July of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, led the first march in anticipation of the famous March on Washington that August.

Forming a landmark partnership, two international unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) announced a joint effort to bring safe working conditions, dignity, and a decent standard of living to 17,000 workers at the nation’s largest industrial laundry.

When Texas Governor G.W. Bush ran for president, he claimed that he had brought bipartisan cooperation to state government. But as soon as Bush’s party took control ofboth houses of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, they began a power grab to make their 2002 electoral gains permanent by re-drawing the Congressional districts of Texas.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Celebration for gay rights and peace / MoveOn, Cyberspace: Dean wins online primary / WASHINGTON, D.C.: End the death penalty / JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: First African American chief justice / ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.: Casino workers go union

TEL-AVIV – The court room at the central military court here was packed with families, friends and others in solidarity with the five conscientious objectors, who had been dragged to stand trial on June 24.

China: Gov’t ratifies ASEAN treaty / South Korea: Railway strikers attacked by riot police / Nigeria: Workers strike over gas prices / Syria: Gov’t protests U.S. strike / Haiti: Seeking restitution from France