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- Chicago Hotel Deadline - Chicago faces major hotel contract expiration of August 31. Workers are seeking increased wages and affordable healthcare.
www.chicagohoteldeadline.com
- EDS Lawsuits - Details on a number of current and closed lawsuits against Electronic Data Systems, Inc. Includes cases and resources for workers. Links to Americans with Disabilities Acts and Federal Anti-discrimination Legislation.
www.edslawsuits.com
- Fear & Loathing at the SRIA - Santa Rosa Island Authority in Pensacola, Florida, fires eight lifeguards and 5 more quit rather than work under unsafe conditions. Beach residents provide a 3-part analysis of what went wrong and how to fix it.
www.pbrla.com/views_071502.html
- Justice for Janitors - SEIU union janitors are fighting for a living wage and health benefits. Strikes and contract disputes have succeeded in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York
www.justiceforjanitors.org
- Justice for the Charleston Five! - Coalition of union, community and progressive activists who have come together to help support and defend the Charleston Five who are five longshore workers in Charleston, SC, charged with felony inciting to riot due to their participation in a picket line.
www.charlestonfivedefense.org
- StrikePage - Table of strikes sorted by date, with links to further information and email contacts.
www.thebird.org/strikes
- Truck driver quits due to drug use by management - Story of a truck driver who quit his job in Kent, Washington, due to drug use and dishonesty by management.
www.geocities.com/capitolhill/parliament/7743/t-l.html
- Union Busters Exposed! - Alleges collusion between government and business to bust the West Coast Longhore Union (ILWU).
unionbustersexposed.ontheweb.com
- UTC--An Equal Opportunity Exploiter - Describes the struggles of 53 janitors who lost their jobs at United Technologies Corporation.
www.utcgreedfactory.com
- Harvard Living Wage Sit-in - Students, workers and others are staging a sit-in at Harvard University to call for a living wage for all workers and to speak out against poverty in the midst of enormous wealth. This site has the latest news from the campaign.
www.livingwagenow.com
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