Labor Today articles from March 22 1990

Labor Today archives from March 22 1990

More questions and answers on independent political movements: labor political muscle -- some questions from the mine workers.
March 22, 1990... More Questions and Answers on Independent Political Movements: JOURNAL: In recent years, it's become fashionable for political consultants to downplay appeals to the labor movement and ordinary working people in campaigns. They point to...

N.Y. Mayor, mine workers president, and Kirkland's assistant ... salute CBTU convention. (David Dinkins, Richard Trumka, Kenneth Young)(Coalition of Black Trade Unionists)
March 22, 1990... N.Y. Mayor, Mine Workers President, and Kirkland's Assistant . . . The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists is alive and well in the U.S.A. They held their 19th Convention in New Orleans last month and it went a long way to affirm its steady...

Mandela welcomed on U.S. visit, wants sanctions continued. (Nelson Mandela)
March 22, 1990... Mandela Welcomed on U.S. Visit, Wants Sanctions Continued Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress leader and fighter for freedom of the oppressed majority in South Africa, in his triumphant visit to the U.S. in July called for a renewed...

World labor protests the repression of unions in Panama.
March 22, 1990... World Labor Protests the Repression of Unions in Panama The International Conference of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has lodged a detailed complaint with the ILO against the new government of Panama (installed by the U.S. military) accusing it...

Labor demands passage of Civil Rights Act.
March 22, 1990... Labor Demands Passage of Civil Rights Act Labor and civil rights groups are pushing ahead for quick passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 by the House of Representatives, despite opposition from business lobbyists and a threatened Bush...

Employers sanctions: some like them, some don't.
March 22, 1990... Employers Sanctions: Some Like Them, Some Don't In 1986, when Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, it conditioned the part known as "employer sanctions" to the results of the General Accounting Office's surveys on whether...

Corporate America follows Reagan's lead to make heroes out of scabs.
March 22, 1990... Corporate America Follows Reagan's Lead to Make Heroes Out of Scabs A relatively new weapon has crept into Corporate America's arsenal of unionbusting tactics. The weapon is permanent replacements for striking workers. The right to strike...

What "assembled in Mexico" really means.
March 22, 1990... What "Assembled in Mexico" Really Means The dry desert wind whips dust and dirt, beating it against the one window of the tiny mud hovel. Inside, out from the hot sun, is a family - a father, a mother and four daughters. Below their...

Eleanor Roosevelt -- a First Lady, unionist, fighter for peace.
March 22, 1990... Eleanor Roosevelt - A First Lady, Unionist, Fighter for Peace To the Depression generation, she was a saint: to their children she is forgotten. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of four-term President Franklin D. Roosevelt, etched a career in...

Portrait of a woman miner.
March 22, 1990... Portrait of a Woman Miner I would never have guessed it at the time, but looking back now it seems my whole earlier life was leading me toward becoming a coal miner. I grew up in a union home where the UMWA was our example of unionism....

Cecil Roberts -- victory over Pittston: lessons for the peoples movement.
March 22, 1990... Cecil Roberts - Victory Over Pittston: Lessons for the Peoples Movement We realized early on that Pittston didn't want a contract because they didn't want to meet their economic and social responsibilities. But, we didn't strike initially....

The Third Wave.
March 22, 1990... THE THIRD WAVE. THE THIRD WAVE. By Abe David and Ted Wheelwright. Southwest Press, 1989. Pry Ltd. 60-92 Chapel St. Marrickville, NSW 2204. Australia. $14.95 The "unique and ancient social harmony" that allegedly exists in Japanese...

Myths of Japanese labor-management relations.
March 22, 1990... Myths of Japanese Labor-Management Relations THE THIRD WAVE. By Abe David and Ted Wheelwright. Southwest Press, 1989. Pry Ltd. 60-92 Chapel St. Marrickville, NSW 2204. Australia. $14.95 The "unique and ancient social harmony" that...

OCAW produces poster promoting national health care. (Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers)
March 22, 1990... OCAW Produces Poster Promoting National Health Care As part of their joint campaign for "Cradle-to-Grave" national health care, the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union and Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) have...

The bitter fruit of a sweetheart deal.
March 22, 1990... The Bitter Fruit of a Sweetheart Deal A federal court in Alabama is hearing an unusually important trial about improper influence exercised by the U.S. Steel Corporation (USX) in negotiating a 1983 labor agreement with the Steelworkers Union...

Who is Joe Doherty and why is he in prison? (letter to the editor)
March 22, 1990... Who is Joe Doherty and why is he in prison? Dear Editor: Joseph Patrick Doherty has spent the last seven years of his life in a tiny new York City prison cell. For seven years, except for a rare hour on the prison roof, he has never seen...