Month April 2006

AnmestyYes.org

Here’s the first ANSWER Coalition initiative on immigration rights, AmnestyYes.org It’s an online petition. Sign it! Let’s get as many signatures as possible. Petitions generally don’t do much on their own, but when coupled with real life boycotts and walkouts,…

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…

May 1. Day Without a Latino

Latino immigrants and their supporters will stage a one-day strike and commercial boycott on May 1 to pressure Congress to grant illegal aliens the right to gain citizenship, protest organizers said on Tuesday. Participants will stay home from work and…