‘One Worker, One Vote:’ US Steelworkers to Experiment with Factory Ownership, Mondragon Style
By Carl Davidson Cross posted from Beaver County Blue Oct. 27, 2009–The United Steel Workers Union, North America’s largest industrial trade union, announced a new collaboration with the world’s largest worker-owned cooperative, Mondragon International, based in the Basque region of Spain. News of the announcement spread rapidly throughout the communities of global justice activists, trade union

Nurses ready to strike over swine flu safety
By John WojcikPeople's World“When nurses are exposed to tuberculosis, the hospital notifies us. When nurses are exposed to head lice, the hospital notifies us. Why then are we not told when we are exposed to H1N1? Staff need to know if they have been exposed in order to keep our patients from further unnecessary exposure,” said Carol Koelle, an RN at St. Bernardine Medical Center in San

100,000 march for jobs in Puerto Rico
by José A. CruzPeople's World"Today we declare a State of Peaceful Insurrection of the people of Puerto Rico", declared Juan Vera, Methodist bishop of Puerto Rico, as he called for going from "protests to resistance to civil disobedience" against the neoliberal economic policies of Gov. Luis Fortuño which have resulted in the laying-off of 25,000 public sector employees. Fortuño had announced

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens in General Strik
National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School StudentsWASHINGTON - October 14 - As

Jobs Demonstration @ G20 in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh labor and community coalitions held two marches today (Sunday 9.20.09) demanding jobs and immediate relief for the unemployed aimed at the G20 meetings starting on Thursday. The marches are part of a week of demonstrations, cultural events, teach-ins and workshops protesting global economic policies that benefit transnational corporations and capital at the expense of labor, workers,