Day April 5, 2006

Starbucks can be unionized now

From Starbucks Workers Union A settlement between Starbucks Coffee Co. and the National Labor Relations Board over labor practices opens the way for a union to organize coffee shop employees, a union representative said on Wednesday The Industrial Workers of…

Amnesty report confirms illegal CIA practices

The US has consistently used civilian front companies to conceal secret prisoner transports taking off from European airports, human rights watchdog Amnesty International has said. In the report “USA – Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and ‘disappearance’” published…