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Mark Your Calendars
News
January 1, 2003
It's that time of year when you hang your new calendars. With that in mind, here's an important date in the labor and civil rights movement for every month of the year.
- January 15 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born on this date in 1929.
General Electric Elected as 2002 Grinch of the Year
Press Release
Washington, D.C. - In nationwide balloting, General Electric was elected as the 2002 "Grinch of the Year" for causing the most harm to working families through substantial shifting of health care costs onto workers and retirees.
Dow Jones Agrees to Cover Contraceptives
News
December 20, 2002
Employees at the Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones entities finally have prescription birth control coverage.
Media Unions Raise Concentration Concerns
News
December 20, 2002
Media unions challenged news operations to cover the FCC's pending decision on relaxing the rules for media ownership.
CWA Resolution Prompts Verizon Reform
News
December 20, 2002
Pressure from CWA has stimulated a change in Verizon's accounting practices.