No guarantees for entry
Most people who come to the U.S. are required to have a visa. But having a visa doesn't guarantee that you will be admitted once you arrive in the U.S.;...
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Texas triumph for area janitors
At first they would send him away from their doors, saying they didn't trust unions, that they feared getting fired, and that nobody could help them. But Juan Roman persisted,...
A gulf of our own
The same week Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, exposing a shocking level of poverty and racial inequality, the U.S. Census Bureau released a shocker of its own. Despite four...
For workers, Delphi starts decline on line
When Delphi Corp., the struggling auto parts giant spun off by General Motors, goes to bankruptcy court Tuesday, it will be routine in appearance--but not in symbolism. This could be...
Teamsters woo other unions’ members
The Teamsters union has taken steps to woo away members of one union that represents Chicago-area transit workers and another whose members work at Cook County Circuit Court. Before the...
Law, aid groups at odds on the border
With a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter whirring above, Margo Cowan stood in a campsite waving the chopper toward a mother and child lost miles back in the thick cactus and...
Opportunity–and death–await migrants at the U.S. border
In the breathtakingly beautiful Sonoran desert, the clutter is stunning. Everywhere there are baby bottles and torn women's shoes and ripped backpacks and empty water jugs and crumpled prayer books...
Local union leaders air concerns
One by one, local union leaders from across the U.S. stepped up to the microphones Thursday, the last day of the AFL-CIO's convention in Chicago, to express their fears and...
Wal-Mart target of U.S. probe
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has been on a mission to rehabilitate its public image, suffered a setback Friday when it confirmed it is the subject of a federal grand jury...
Lockout weapon
Outside the chain-link fence that surrounds CNH Global NV's farm-equipment plant here, a dozen men and women in thick jackets and wool caps are wielding bold-lettered signs, stamping their feet...