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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, April 19, 2004 ::
Cat subcontractor worker has deja vu all over again By Terry Bibo, PJStar
"My first instinct was to turn around and go home. I did a lot of mental gymnastics out in the parking lot," Ray says. "But … I needed a job. I hadn't had an income. Me, personally, I felt like a scab."
But even the die-hard union guys in the plant told him, "Those jobs were gone long before you got here."
Laid-off Boeing workers carve out different lives By KRISTEN GELINEAU
Editor's note: Southern textile workers. Silicon Valley programmers. Rust Belt machinists. Over the past three years, their jobs - and those of millions of other Americans like them - have vanished. This is the first installment in 'Help Wanted,' an ongoing series by The Associated Press examining how people are struggling to return to work when many jobs simply aren't coming back.------------------------------------------- posted 7:03 AM :: reference link ::
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