I live in Western New York, an area decimated by de-industrialization. In 1983 Bethlehem Steel Corporation ceased steelmaking operations at its Lackawanna facility, and the fallout from this catastrophe is still felt to this day.
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Mar 16, 2002
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On March 8, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February unemployment figures, and Congress passed an “economic stimulus” bill.
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NEW YORK – The Building Trades Union set up a demonstration across from a construction site here March 12 to protest the non-union construction site at the corner of 6th Ave. and 17th St.
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The Bush proposals for welfare reauthorization suggest that welfare payments to individuals participating in work experience or community service are not considered compensation for work performed and do not entitle any
individual to a salary or to benefits provided under any other provision of law. For the entire article, click on the headline, to visit the Dept of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor, click here.
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A story in the March 10 edition of The Los Angeles Times revealed that the Pentagon has drawn up a list of seven countries who are prime targets for U.S. nuclear weapons in the event of undefined “surprising military developments.” For the entire article, click on the headline. To read the L.A.Times article that first highlighted this issue, click here.
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New Era Cap company produces all the hats for major league baseball, PGA golf and over 100 universities. Of course, the company doesn’t produce the caps, the workers do.
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WASHINGTON – A coalition of civil rights and other grassroots organizations demanded this week that the Senate Judiciary Committee reject George W. Bush’s nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the federal Fifth Circuit Court on grounds that he is hostile to civil rights, labor rights and voting rights.
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A four-person delegation from the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) has returned from a week-long visit to China at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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ROYAL PARK, Mich. – “The American people know in their gut that the Enron issue means corruption,” said U.S. Peace Council, Michigan District member Prasad Venugopal.
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April 20 march for peace/Two states for two peoples
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