On the Line
On the Line Jeers to Bush Protesters greeted President Bush on his travels abroad in November. Thousands of demonstrators marched against Bush in Mar del Plata, Argentina, during the Summit of the...
...Marc Beige, Rubie's president, disputes the contentions...
...People organized events in more than fifteen cities around the country The Iraq Pledge of Resistance coordinated the efforts...
...For more information, go to www.jumpstartford.com...
...For more information, go to www.greenpeace.org...
...For more information, visit stopthewall.org...
...More than a dozen peace groups endorsed the National Stand Down Day including United for Peace and Justice, War Resisters League, Code Pink Women for Peace, Peace Action, and National Student and Youth Peace Coalition...
...The Israeli government says the wall is necessary for security...
...Resisting Military Recruitment National Stand Down Day targeted military recruiters on November 18...
...Protesters in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Lebanon, and other countries also held activities...
...The groups say chemical facilities, along with the shipments of chemicals on the rail system, are vulnerable to attack and accident...
...They criticize the Bush Administration and Congress for inaction...
...Act Against AIDS Washington, D.C...
...The U.S...
...The group hoped to get dealers to send a letter to Ford headquarters, demanding more fuel-efficient cars...
...Reroute Dangerous Chemicals Washington, D.C...
...Mattel conducted an audit of the plant and found several violations of its own code of conduct, including the use of child labor...
...The grassroots effort questions the wall the Israeli government is building in the Occupied Territories...
...Fifty protesters held a die-in near the mock railroad car...
...Mattel licenses Rubie's to produce outfits under the Barbie label...
...Jump-start Ford Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, and Ruckus Society called a Ford Day of Action on November 12 at local dealerships...
...Wall Must Fall West Bank The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign held its third national and international week against the separation barrier November 9-16...
...People demonstrated in the West Bank towns of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarem, Salfit, Jenin, and Qalqiliya...
...He told Newsday in June that the workers'complaints at the Tepeji del Rio plant stem from a dispute between two labor unions competing to represent the workers...
...Capitol to call attention to the danger of transporting toxic chemicals through metropolitan areas...
...Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth simulated a terrorist attack on a chlorine rail car in front of the U.S...
...In 2004, workers at Rubie's plant in Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo, Mexico, complained about labor practices, alleging unsanitary and unsafe working conditions, unpaid overtime, and the use of underage workers...
...ACT UP Philadelphia, ACT UP New York, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), Health GAP, and Student Global AIDS Campaign held a die-in next to the White House on November 7. The groups protested the influence of the radical right in shaping Bush's policies on sex education, needle exchange, and the global AIDS epidemic...
...Labor Education in the Americas Project, www.usleap.org...
...For more information, go to www.iraqpledge.org...
...For more information, go to CHAMP's website, www.champnetwork.org...
...Labor Education in the Americas Project, a workers' rights advocacy group, is asking consumers to contact Mattel and demand that it suspend business with Rubie's Costume Company in Mexico until the labor issue is resolved...
...Thousands of demonstrators marched against Bush in Mar del Plata, Argentina, during the Summit of the Americas...
...For more information, go to U.S...
...Maquila Barbie Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo, Mexico Rubie's Costume Company is one of the two largest in the world...
...South Koreans took to the streets when Bush attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit...
Vol. 70 • January 2006 • No. 1
