Aug. 5, 2006

CLEVELAND — At a spirited rally July 28 some 120 union members, retirees and community activists demanded the resignation of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Michael Vu and Deputy Director Gwen Dillingham.

LOS ANGELES — Using a neighborhood gas station as a backdrop, Democratic candidate for governor Phil Angelides late last month endorsed Proposition 87, the “Clean Energy Initiative,” which will be on the ballot in November.

Key congressional Democratic leaders have called on President Bush to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of this year.

MEXICO CITY — Amid widespread evidence of election fraud, public pressure continues to grow for Mexican authorities to recount the vote.
Nearly 3 million people from every state of Mexico converged on Mexico City July 30 to call on authorities for a recount.

Russia: Autoworkers build independent union
Haiti: Rights abuses common, donors fall short
India: Prime minister objects to meddling with nuclear deal
East Timor: Border accord signed, Australian troops stay
Peru: Congress of indigenous leaders raps market rule

How can public workers win decent contracts, given government insistence that contracts be funded by givebacks? How can public workers defend their hard-won health care benefits and pensions?

I am an RN supervisor and I am fed up with the way patients and nurses are being treated due to CEO and CFO’s wanting more money in their own pockets

Cheneyism spreads
Support for Mexico vote recount
VA unions for single-payer
World corporate taxes headed for zero
California labor civil supports civil marriage
Rubber pact reached

In the life of workers, no question has remained as crucial for determining the quality of life of working people as war and peace. In 21st-century America, the overriding desire of working people is to live in a peaceful world where nations and people trade and interact in various ways beneficial to all.