Defend NYU Graduate Workers Against Threat of Being Fired

Photo by Diane Krauthamer. dianekrauthamer@yahoo.com

Rally with AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Change to Win Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Romney, N.Y.C. Council Members Christine Quinn and Robert Jackson, and TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint

Nearly 1,000 graduate workers, students and faculty with workers and community supporters rallied in response to NYU Pres. Sexton’s ultimatum to return to work by Dec 5 or be fired. Graduate teaching and research assistants have been on strike since Nov 9.

NWA Documentary Proposed, Funding Needed

A team of award winning documentary filmmakers has started work on a film to document the struggle of workers at Northwest Airlines.

Whether you’re a mechanic, ground worker, pilot, flight attendant, union member, or someone who supports union workers, please help make this film a reality.

An AMFA picket line Sept 05

Wobblies Win Victories in Starbucks Organizing in N.Y.C

The National Labor Relations Board has charged 15 Starbucks officials with an extensive array of anti-union acts.

The multi-count complaint comes after an independent investigation of the world’s largest coffee chain triggered by charges from the IWW Starbucks Workers Union.

Dephi Demands Provoke Auto Workers Resistance

With Gregg Shotwell, Member of UAW Local 2151, Delphi Auto Parts, Coopersville, MI and author of Live Bait and Ammo

Dephi workers received an offer they had to refuse. CEO Steve Miller filed for bankruptcy and proposed a 50% wage cut, massive layoffs — and hefty bonuses for management.

From Myths to Mobilizing: Reframing U.S. Africa Relations on HIV/AIDS, and Debt

With Noble Prize Nominee Wahu Kaara.

Wahu Kaara is Ecumenical Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals at the All Africa Conference of Churches and the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. She is a renowned Kenyan educator and global social justice activist. She speaks on critical issues facing Africa including international debt and HIV/AIDS.

People-to-People: What Salvadorans expect from CAFTA

Magazine: Dec 3/4: Jeff Humfeld interviews Chuy Negrete, Chicano musician who sings songs about work, immigration, and justice in English and Spanish.

Judy Ancel interviews Marta Cerna and Osmin Salinas from El Salvador, Steve Murphy, their host from Good Shepherd Parish in Shawnee, and Chloe Schwabe of SHARE who translates this interview.

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