05/21/2008 - 5:28pm
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This morning, Christopher Glory, in the eighth day of a water-only hunger strike to demand the U.S. government put an end to the abuses in a visa program that workers' rights advocates liken to human trafficking, was rushed to a Washington, D.C., hospital for strike-related health problems.
A spokesman for the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice (NOWCRJ) says that Glory's condition was improving and he could be released soon.
Several hours later, his four fellow hunger strikers and about 100 other Indian welders and pipe fitters who were lured to the United States with promises of good-paying jobs in Gulf Coast shipyards and permanent residence status, went to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to halt moves to expand the H-2B guest worker program.
05/21/2008 - 5:28pm
John McCain showed up in Miami yesterday for a speech, and southern Florida workers came out to challenge him to address the issues that matter to working families.
The McCain event attracted 35 union members, who asked the Republican presidential candidate for answers on health care, Social Security and trade.
Unfortunately, just like the last time McCain had a chance to talk to Florida union members, he ignored them—and their real concerns. McCain claimed people think the country is on the wrong track because the Colombia Free Trade Agreement didn’t pass.