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Parents of slain US activist briefly held in Gaza Wed Jan 4, 2006 12:11 PM ET GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen briefly seized the parents of Parents of slain US activist briefly held in Gaza Wed Jan 4, 2006 12:11 PM ET GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen briefly seized the parents of slain U.S. activist Rachel Corrie as they visited the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, but relented after being confronted by a member of the security forces, witnesses said. They said Craig and Cindy Corrie, whose daughter was fatally run down by an Israeli bulldozer as she tried to prevent...

'Take your dead child with' 15/12/2005 22:30  - (SA)     Related Articles Patient neglect to be punished Child with broken arm 'ignored' 'No ambulances are available' Woman gives birth on floor Mom's horror hospital ordeal 'Staff eat patients' food' Poor conditions at Bara 'Neglect and abuse' at hospital Nurse slams Gauteng hospitals   Marietie Louw , Beeld  Polokwane - "Take your child's body with you when you go home." This was the shocking instruction a couple got when their baby boy died shortly after birth in the Mankweng hospital, about 30km from Polokwane. Andries Krugel said the hospital staff refused to...

NEW YORK, (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday it will close a Canadian store whose workers are on the verge of becoming the first ever to win a union contract from the world's biggest retailer. Wal-Mart said it was shuttering the store in Jonquiere, Quebec, in response to unreasonable demands from union negotiators, that would make it impossible for the store to sustain its business. The United Food and Commercial Workers of Canada last week asked Quebec labor officials to appoint a mediator, saying that negotiations had reached an impasse. "We were hoping it wouldn't come to this," said...

Friday, October 8, 2004 Elaine Chao is looking out for you! Posted: October 8, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Rebecca Hagelin © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The dark images of Enron and disturbing headlines of other dirty dealings by the unethical chieftains of some big businesses in recent years set America on a course of holding corporate executives accountable for the money they control. But what about the chieftains of Big Labor? Consider: John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, has said, "transparency, accountability and full and accurate disclosure should be central goals of financial regulation." Of business. But try to apply those reasonable standards to...

Goodyear workers voting to ditch their corrupt union! Can the traditional Dem voter base (and huge $$$ donor) be disintegrating? I LIVE for this stuff.

Now Is the Chance for You to Speak Out Dear (Mrs. prisoner6), In just a few days, Bush will give his State of the Union address, where he'll distort his record to paint the best picture he can for his reelection campaign. But we know the real story. Help us tell the real state of America's working families. Tell us your story about how your family, your neighbors, and your community have felt the sting of Bush's policies. Have you: Lost your job or seen local businesses forced to lay workers off?Seen healthcare costs skyrocket?Seen important services cut by state...

German police files have exposed flaws in their own investigation into the mysterious death of a British student. Jeremiah Duggan, from Golders Green in north London, died last March in Wiesbaden after allegedly running into the path of two vehicles.Mr Duggan, who was Jewish, had travelled to Germany to attend what he thought was an anti-war conference before discovering that the groups he had joined, the Schiller Institute and its associated newspaper, Nouvelle Solidarité, were run by the American Lyndon LaRouche, a convicted fraudster with a history of anti-Semitism.The German police decided that his subsequent death was suicide, but an...

Peace activist shot by Israelis is 'brain dead' By Nicola Woolcock (Filed: 13/10/2003) Tests have revealed that a British peace activist shot in the head by an Israeli soldier is in a persistent vegetative state from which he is unlikely to recover. Six months after Tom Hurndall, 22, was shot while trying to protect Palestinian children on the Gaza strip, his family are still waiting to hear whether an Israeli military police investigation will take place. They are considering taking legal action should an investigation not proceed. The Manchester Metropolitan University student, a photo-journalism student, had been in Rafah for...

WILKESBORO --Tammy Johnson watched her job hauled out the door at Ansell Golden Needles, one of a dozen textile factories to shut down in Wilkes County in the past three years. Johnson, 34, made work gloves until February 2002. But before she left, she wrapped her machine in plastic. She helped crate it for shipment to Mexico. She even helped make training videos and write manuals for the people who would replace her. The ordeal made Johnson very angry -- not at her employer, but at the elected leaders she believes pushed her job out of the country. "Our president...

Charity gears up for 1st campaign since its scandal A coalition of labor unions vowed Wednesday to help the Capital Area United Way with "unprecedented support'' in an upcoming fund-raising campaign. The charity soon will launch its first drive since a $2 million embezzlement discovery late last year. Official campaign goals have not yet been set, but board leaders appear focused on at least equaling the $6.9 million pledged in 2002. That could prove difficult in a sluggish economy, coupled with fallout from the embezzlement by the former finance chief - likely the largest ever from one of the United...