+Almanac Search Front Page MAYA MILLER DIES HOWARD DEAN HEADLINES NEVADA LABOR POLITICAL CONVENTION NEW BARBWIRE THREE OF A KIND AGAINST THE HOUSE WHERE WERE YOU IN '52? INTOLERANCE, SELF-TAUGHT RED, WHITE & SCREWED II RED, WHITE AND SCREWED Stricken little boy not getting much help to save his life PUFF PIECES & PRESCRIPTION PILLAGE GIRLY MEN, BATTLEBOTS and a chance to save a kid TAR & FEATHERS ON MAYDAY TOMORROW'S NEWS TODAY: Damning new secondhand smoke study — Updated BREAKING NEWS LV pharmacy workers lockout over health care costs tentatively settled NEW UPDATE East Reno residents protest Starbucks, county commission won't budge Wal-Mart continues to deny closure of Reno Northtowne store SCROOGE BEWARE! OPRAH takes on minimum wage issue. Former Sen. Edwards helps NV AFL-CIO raise money for minimum wage campaign Labor leader Roland Christensen dies BARBWIRE Boycotting water on Earth Day 11 years in the making: The gasoline price- fixing story you'll read only here Migrating Conservatism: Immigration is no problem at all 4-9-2006 Fatal Conservatism The bitter fruits of state stinginess 4-2-2006   NevadaLabor.com Site Map   CURRENT U-NEWS + archives FRONT PAGE STORY LINKS FROM 2002 SAVE FOR CURRENT YEAR         U-NEWS JULY 16-DECEMBER 31, 2006       U-News 2004-2005 Front Page Stories | 2000-2003 Front Page Stories        JAN. 1- JULY 15, 2006 HEREINBELOW        Fallon area communications contract announced — Major victory for CWA Local 9413 and all Nevada workers.       Satire isn't dead, just nuked. ALSO: Frontrunner named for morally obtuse labor lyncher of the year award.       JULY 5, 2006 — On this date in history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law, Larry Doby integrated the American League and a death row inmate tried to save the sight of a labor writer. —> MORE       JUNE 30, 2006 — The Day the Music Died, again: KTHX-KOZZ rock 'n' roll giant Harry Reynolds died June 23 at age 49. More than 150 family, friends and fans attended Thursday's memorial service at Sparks Christian Fellowship. More in Sunday's BARBWIRE in the Daily Sparks Tribune. June 28, 2006: 143rd birthday of this website's union Friday, June 23, 2006, 2:27 a.m. PDT — THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: On this date in 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, the law which infects the United States with the most restrictive, unworkable and unfair labor laws in the first world to this very day — as reflected in the slow emaciation of the American middle class over the past 33 years. (New York Times/AP e-headlines; for more go to NevadaLabor.com LABOR HISTORY)       JUNE 21, 2006: In Memoriam: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner — How very young were we then? SIERRA CHEMICAL DOES IT AGAIN: Poison gas, driver on leave, more excuses OSHA launches investigation       History of recent industrial disasters, including four deaths at Sierra Chemical Clark County commissioners' showdown with a concrete company could jeopardize the $234 million Hoover Dam bypass bridge The world is in an uproar, the danger zone is everywhere — Sound advice from Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles 5-4-2006 — the 36th anniversary of the murder of four Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard. Two more were killed and 12 wounded at Jackson State in Mississippi just 11 days later. More almanac... MAYDAY! Take a brief trip back in time to remember why this date is so important in your daily life. BREAKING NEWS — How to make sure long-dormant efforts to unionize your hotel finally catch fire: Reno Peppermill Hotel-Casino fires two Latina citizens for immigration rally protest      Reno trade unionistas file casino corporate welfare remedy initiative A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS: Las Vegas Strip casinos and Culinary Union push petition alternative to MayDay walkout Breakthrough in Fallon cancer cluster research Nevada ranks among worst in nation for citizens without access to any health care. (What else is new?) NEVADALABOR.COM SCOOP (4-24, 8:30 p.m. PDT) — Contract ratified. No regional cement strike in northern Nevada/eastern California.   Darlene Jespersen Harrah's Photo BAD NEWS ON GOOD FRIDAY     Fired Harrah's-Reno bartender Darlene Jespersen denied her day in court — Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules for Harrah's 7-4, validating her termination for refusal to wear makeup.     POSTMORTEM ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS JESPERSEN V. HARRAH'S LIPSTICK LAWSUIT: Barbwire by Barbano: Humpty Dumpty justice updated on 4-20-06 with new links and special web edition commentary, plus legal analysis by Jespersen attorney Jenny Pizer.     (READ IT AND WEEP: Download the full decision at either link.)     MAJOR NEWS: Marchers flood downtown Reno; some streets closed; crowd remains peaceful Activists say April 10 demonstration won't be the last CESAR CHAVEZ DAY 2006 —Washoe County students show their home-made signs as they form to march to the Neil Road Community Center to celebrate the March 31 birthday of United Farm Workers Union founder César Chávez. BARBWIRE 4-9-2006 — Immigration is no problem at all READ MORE ABOUT IT: Twin immigration marches planned for Reno on April 10 DEJA VU: War declared on Mexico for refusal to salute American flag on Mexican soil POLL: Most Nevadans say let immigrants stay. Who'da thunk it? SEE THE MOVIE "A Day Without A Mexican" and laugh yourself sensible Viva César Chávez!   NevadaLabor.com Site Directory Barbwire by Barbano NEW — THREE OF A KIND AGAINST THE HOUSE 7-9-2006 How to live forever: Harry Reynolds, 1957-2006 7-2-2006 WHERE WERE YOU IN '52? 6-25-2006 INTOLERANCE, SELF-TAUGHT 6-18-2006 RED, WHITE & SCREWED, Part Deux 6-11-2006 RED, WHITE AND SCREWED 6-4-2006 Stricken little boy not getting much help to save his life 5-21-2006 PUFF PIECES & PRESCRIPTION PILLAGE 5-14-2006 GIRLY MEN, BATTLEBOTS and a chance to save a kid 5-7-2006 Tar and feathers on May Day 4-30-2006 Boycotting water on Earth Day 11 years in the making — The real storyabout gasoline price fixing you'll read only here 4-23-2006 BAD NEWS ON GOOD FRIDAY Fired Harrah's-Reno bartender Darlene Jespersen denied her day in court — Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules for Harrah's 7-4, validating her termination for refusal to wear makeup. POSTMORTEM ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS JESPERSEN V. HARRAH'S LIPSTICK LAWSUIT: Barbwire by Barbano: Humpty Dumpty justice updated with new links and special web edition commentary, plus legal analysis by Jespersen attorney Jenny Pizer Migrating conservatism Immigration is no problem at all 4-9-2006 Fatal conservatism State stinginess brings back ghosts of depredations past 4-2-2006 March of the Naked Cowboys 3-26-2006 Dens of Iniquity and Inequity The latest cable TV ripoffs and a visit from a blackguard named Edwin Meese III 3-19-2006 Donut hole death spirals The lastest depredations by Nevada's corporate welfare queens Fast turnover and fast cars: Classified dangers for the real estate bubble Plus a visit from Bill Harrah, Merle Brennan and Enzo Ferrari EXPANDED FROM THE 2-26-2006 DAILY SPARKS TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS & BULLETINS + ALMANAC NevadaLabor.com announces the frontrunner for morally obtuse labor lyncher of the year       JULY 5, 2006 — On this date in history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law, Larry Doby integrated the American League and a death row inmate tried to save the sight of a labor writer. —> MORE       The Day the Music Died, again: KTHX-KOZZ rock 'n' roll giant Harry Reynolds died June 23 at age 49. More than 150 family, friends and fans attended his June 29 memorial service at Sparks Christian Fellowship. More in Sunday's BARBWIRE in the Daily Sparks Tribune. JUNE 28, 2006 — 143rd birthday of this website's union       Friday, June 23, 2006, 2:27 a.m. PDT — THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: On this date in 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, the law which infects the United States with the most restrictive, unworkable and unfair labor laws in the first world to this very day — as reflected in the slow emaciation of the American middle class over the past 33 years. (New York Times/AP e-headlines; for more go to NevadaLabor.com LABOR HISTORY) JUNE 21, 2006: In Memoriam: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner — How very young were we then? REPORT LOCATIONS OF SCHOOL DESTROYER PETITION CIRCULATORS NEVADA PHILANTHROPIST, ACTIVIST MAYA MILLER DIES HOWARD DEAN HEADLINES NEVADA LABOR POLITICAL CONVENTION LV pharmacy workers lockout over health care costs tentatively settled SIERRA CHEMICAL DOES IT AGAIN: Poison gas, driver on leave, more excuses OSHA launches investigation History of recent industrial disasters, including four deaths at Sierra Chemical NEWS UPDATE East Reno residents protest Starbucks, county commission won't budge BREAKING NEWS — How to make sure long-dormant efforts to unionize your hotel finally catch fire: Reno Peppermill Hotel-Casino fires two Latina citizens for immigration rally protest A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS: Las Vegas Strip casinos and Culinary Union push petition alternative to MayDay walkout      Reno trade unionistas file casino corporate welfare remedy initiative Breakthrough in Fallon cancer cluster research Nevada ranks among worst in nation for citizens without access to any health care. (What else is new?) TOMORROW'S NEWS TODAY: Damning new secondhand smoke study 4-19-2006 NEVADALABOR.COM BROKE THE STORY (4-24-06, 8:30 p.m. PDT) CONTRACT RATIFIED — No regional cement strike in northern Nevada/eastern California Wal-Mart continues to deny closure of Reno Northtowne store WAL-MART BEWARE! Oprah takes on minimum wage issue. Former Sen. Edwards helps Nevada State AFL-CIO raise money for minimum wage raise campaign in Henderson Labor leader Roland Christensen dies Unsettling advice for today from Sen. RFK Using God to convince union members to vote against themselves WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING WAGES! Nevada Supreme Court tries to gut state prevailing wage law BARBWIRE SPECIAL EDITION: COURT CONTRADICTS ITSELF, MAY HELP LABOR Sparks labor leader Bob Curtis, 1937-2006 Experts say NW Reno trench collapse death was avoidable Second worker dies and Reno Gazette-Journal charges him for an obituary UPDATED 7-18-2006 Heavy equipment operator killed south of Reno Annual César Chávez Celebration 3-31-2006 | Español  |Teamsters Local 533 U-News 2004-2005 Front Page Stories | 2000-2003 Front Page Stories CURRENT U-NEWS Right to Work for Less | Nevada Labor History | Sparks Centennial War Rooms: Cable TV, Cancer Kids, Starbucks, Wal-Mart NEW OLD RIPOFFS — Energy War Room: Updated with Lotsa New Outrages BANDIDOS OF A FEATHER: Warren Buffet and Henry Kravis rape and pillage profits from ratepayers Beware the Ides of March In Search Of... 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