Justice

In this issue:

• ILWU Calls for May Day Work Stoppages Against the War
• Action Alerts: FLOC, No Colombia FTA
• Another important step towards global unionism
• Iranian TU finally released
• Loss of factory jobs=more on food stamps
• Week of action unites students, workers
• Unions challenge Bush ‘no match’ plan
• Join McCain Revealed team
• Union Jobs (still more needed!)

March 31st would have been Cesar Chavez's 81st birthday. This date also coincided with the March National Committee meeting of the Communist Party USA. Over the weekend, we had the chance to ask a few NC members what Cesar Chavez means to them:

The United Auto Workers struck American
Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday when no deal was reached on a new labor pact. The largest proportion of American Axle parts are for GM’s pickups and SUVs. Affected are more than 3,600 workers in plants in Michigan and New York.

From Biblical times to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, men and women have dreamed and worked for a world free from war. So far they haven’t done too well.

WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent letters to all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to vote "No" on final passage of the Ashcroft anti-terrorism bill, which grants police sweeping new powers of surveillance and detention.

BE IT RESOLVED: That we urge the National Convention of the Communist Party USA to demand the immediate release of Leonard Peltier and all other Political Prisoners.

We urge the National Convention of the Communist Party USA to join the national and international movement in the demand of a new, fair and impartial trial for Mumia.