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Acting with Impunity: The Case of General Electric
By Lawrence S. Wittner Reposted with the permission of Tom Hastings of PeaceVoice Can the world’s biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric (GE) — the eighth largest U.S. corporation, with
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Tucson in the Streets: The Vibrant Struggle for Social Justice in Tucson, Arizona; Snapshots from 2012-13
By Richard Boren The Hobo Dispatch | www.hobodispatch.blogspot.com Since 1981 a peace vigil has been held every Thursday in front of the Federal Building downtown. Every Friday afternoon since 2001 the group Women In
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Arpiao Arrests Workers for Revenge
By Dennis Gilman Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org On July 16, the news was already covering the high profile deportation cases of Carlos and Sandra Figueroa and how ICE would not be deporting them.
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Unions in Arizona: 2013 Offers Choices Between Worker Protections and Business Costs
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org In the early 20th century, workplace conditions were poor. Sweatshops and child labor were common practices. Many workers received no sick time, no paid vacation and
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One Big Union
By Charlie Parke Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org The Industrial Workers of the World formed in 1905 amid labor struggles for minimum wage, sick pay and eliminating child labor. Rather than attempting to organize one
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Polarization Past & Present
By J. Pierce Industrial Workers of the World | www.iww.org Two summers ago, the Phoenix IWW held an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution. That same summer, in visiting a friend,
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Arizona Stands in Solidarity with Walmart Workers
By Liisa Wale Arizona Community Press | www.azcommunitypress.org On Friday, November 23rd people came out to Walmart locations throughout the United States to support workers who had decided to stand up to the companies
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What is the Chicago teachers’ strike about and how might these issues pertain to Arizona?
By Stephen Stollmack First, there is the ubiquitous pay issue: the school board promised teachers a 4 percent increase in pay which the mayor is pressuring them to rescind. Of several other issues at
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“Hyatt Hurts”: A UNITE(d) Push for Workers Rights
By Johnny K. Dangers and Michael N. Royer Arizona Free Press | azfreepress.org Why on a 102 degree day would 200-300 protesters be picketing the Hyatt Regency hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona? Perhaps the community understands that the
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