LOCAL News :: Labor & Economics
WIN: Head Start Workers Poised to Strike
05 Oct 2005
by
Vinny Lombardo
Launched in 1965 as part of the War on Poverty, Head Start programs provide education, health, and nutrition services to more than 22 million low-income children. Head Start workers in Santa Cruz, CA have been in contract talks for about a year, and are poised to strike if a deal isn't reached soon. WIN reporter Vinny Lombardo has more.
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LOCAL News :: Labor & Economics
Students and Workers Visit Rotkin to Demand an End to the Bus Strike
A crowd of rideless UCSC students and workers along with striking MetroBus drivers and reporters descended upon Mike Rotkins’ office Monday to ask that he give them rides home.
They demanded that he take steps to end the bus strike. Rotkin explained that the situation was 'complicated' and we had to be 'practical.' For the first time, Rotkin stated publicly that he had voted to accept the 6 month state-mediated agreement that would have averted a strike. Making this mission a success.
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Bush's unwelcome gift to NATO: Afghanistan
Economically, most Afghans see neither an improvement in their personal lot, or view the rebuilding of their country happening at an acceptable pace.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Labor & Economics
More Metro Strike Debate on FRSC Sunday (10/2)
30 Sep 2005
by
Robert Norse
Union folks (from the UTU) by phone and/or in person will be debating strike issues with Paul Marcelin-Sampson with the public chiming in as well.
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News :: Labor & Economics
All Quiet on the Southern Front
29 Sep 2005
by
The Minute Maids
report from Santa Cruz participants in the joint actions against the Friends of the Border Patrol and the Minutemen
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