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April 25, 2006

Odd Names

...to be on opposing sides of an issue, huh?

Former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, Teamsters President James Hoffa and civil rights leaders marched with striking service workers and about 200 supporters Tuesday at the University of Miami.

...No Americans should be working full-time and still living in poverty," Edwards told the crowd. "This struggle is about earning a wage, about having health care benefits, about everyone in America, not just a few, having a shot at the American dream.

University President Donna Shalala has said the school would not take a position on the unionization of striking janitors at the campus. But the university took out an ad Tuesday in The Miami Herald criticizing the union's organizing tactics, which it said are disrupting the school's academic programs.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 25, 2006 12:55 PM

Comments

I thought Jimmy Hoffa was burried in concrete at Yankee Stadium?

Posted by: -keith in silicon valley at April 25, 2006 08:30 PM