Mar 2, 2002

OAKLAND, Calif. – Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the America’s Watch, told a crowd of more than 400 Lincoln Brigade Veterans and others that the fight against terrorism demanded the closing of the School of the Americas (SOA), at Ft. Benning, Ga., as part of the people’s fight to combat terrorism.

Tomó dos años, pero un local sindical de estibadores compuesto de una mayoría afronorteamericana, apoyados por un movimiento nacional y global, liberó a Elijah Ford, Peter Washington, Kenneth Jefferson, Jason Edgerton y a Ricky Simmons – los Cinco de Charlestón.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mientras el Sindicato de Obreros Siderúrgicos (USW, por sus siglas en inglés) llega a la Casa Blanca para luchar por sus trabajo y beneficios de retiro a través de la industria, anunciaron que “La compañía WL Ross & Co. LLC ha decidido adquirir todas las facilidades de la división siderúrgica de LTV.”

NEW YORK – A Forum for Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant was held here Feb. 7. It included six panelists and an audience of over 100 concerned people. Indian Point Nuclear Reactor is located in Buchanan, N.Y., 25 miles from New York City, and accounts for 20 percent of all electricity supplied to New York State.

SEOUL, South Korea – Rail and power workers here ended a two-day strike Feb. 27.

NEW YORK – On Feb. 18, the auditorium was packed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem in tribute to Louis Burnham and the inauguration of the Louis E. Burnham Award.

TEL AVIV – Under sharp pressure from growing protests in Israel and from European and neighboring Arab governments, the government of Ariel Sharon announced some relief for the Palestinian population on the occasion of the three-day Muslim Eid-el-Adha feast of sacrifice, which began Feb. 22.

NEW YORK – Stephen Tharp, associate organist at St. Bartholomew’s Church, will perform a “September 11th Commemoration Concert” at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the six-month anniversary of the attacks, Monday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m.

CLEVELAND – The day before the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) descended on the White House to fight for jobs and retiree benefits industry-wide, a deal was announced that will save the jobs of many workers at LTV. On Feb. 27, union leaders said that WL Ross & Co. agreed to acquire all the facilities of LTV’s steel division “and is committed to engaging in collective bargaining with the union.” For the entire article, click on the headline. Also, read the press release from the USWA on their rally at the White House.

BALTIMORE – More than 1,300 steelworkers and their allies packed the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 2610 union hall here Feb. 20 and cheered as USWA President Leo Gerard demanded that President Bush and Congress act to save the steel industry and thousands of union jobs.