Last Updated: Jan 6, 2003
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Issue no. 694
Editorial
Editorial: 2003 – continuing on where 2002 left off – until we say "Enough!"
Pages 2-3
9/11 inquiry: Will Kean investigate his own business partners?
New treasury secretary brings great credentials – for a boss
Some SUVs get fat tax break – very nice for the auto industry
United Airlines: Massive demands for even more concessions
Pages 4-5
China: The super-exploitation of the toy factory workers
Venezuela: Fifth week of the bosses' "strike" against Chavez
Cloning – caught between religious fundamentalism, a con game and promising perspectives
Pages 6-7
Baltimore: Basic sanitation for sewer workers
Racism in names keeps black people from jobs
Chicago tortilla factory strike: Mexican workers and Mexican boss
Politicians play games with workers' checks
What the U.S. government doesn't want you to know about weapons of mass destruction
No surprise!
Jan 6, 2003
In an attempt to clean up their image, Senate Republicans replaced Trent Lott as their majority leader. Lott had embarrassed them by openly expressing his admiration for the segregationist stance taken by Strom Thurmond in 1948.
Of course, the Republicans allowed Lott to remain in the Senate, stripping him only of his majority leader status. And the Democrats acceded to this. Apparently, neither party was upset at the idea that an open racist occupied a seat in the Senate.