Janesville GM is set to close its doors in January, 2009. In 1970, when its’ workforce was at its largest, GM employed around 7000 workers at the Janesville plant.

(Image - South Central Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) President Jim Kavanaugh speaking October 2 at the Wisconsin State Capitol building - “Gingerbelle” and “Sweet Lorraine” referred to on the signs

(Editor’s note: This is wholly in line with many similar statements from union leaders in the US, from John L. Lewis to Andy Stern)

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Up to the present, the Israeli operation “Cast Lead” has produced almost 500 dead, many of them civilian, and 2000 wounded, of which half are in a serious condition.

(We are publishing here a document we have received by a circuitous route from a group in Athens.

Whatever else happens, 2008 will go down as the year when capitalists lost confidence in the market.

It’s not an easy decision to go on strike. Not only will you get no strike pay from your union, leaving you a day poorer, but your work will have piled up in your absence.