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November 04, 2002
Labor Monday (11-04)
Roundup of labor stories, November 4, 2002
West Coast longshoremen have apparently reached a tentative agreement on the use of technology, the major sticking point in their bitter contract talks, a federal mediator said. The ILWU is still calling on the Justice Department to conduct a full investigation into the apparent collusion between the Bush Administration, shipping companies and associations during the West Coast ports contract dispute.
U.S. Appeals Court agrees with NLRB: Workers cannot be used in union-busting videos without their consent.
Carpenters President Douglas J. McCarron and Bush's strongest ally in the labor movement, announced he would return profits of $276,000+ he made on stock transactions that are under investigation by three separate parts of the federal government.
A coalition of New Haven labor unions representing Yale-New Haven Hospital workers have filed unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB over the arrests of eight activists who were distributing leaflets.
New comedy play is making the rounds - 21 Dog Years -Doing Time @ Amazon.com detailing the sixty-hour work weeks and the cult of personality around Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Labor actions expanded across China in protest of layoffs and corruption leading up to the new Party Congress.
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions announced Monday it will push for an all-out strike in 21 cities nationwide on Tuesday to hold back the passage of the five-day workweek bill and the gutting of holidays. Civil servants of regional governments also struck throughout the country as they pressed their demand to form a labor union. The unions are also forming a new political party, the Democratic Socialist Party, in the runup to the December Presidential election.
Unions have marched in Venezuela calling for a vote on President Chavez's presidency.
Posted by Nathan at November 4, 2002 11:13 PM
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