- Making News: SBC Communications Sets Strike Date
Customers of Southern California-s biggest telephone company could be in for some headaches. Just after midnight tomorrow, unionized workers at SBC Communications are threatening to go out on a four-day strike. Evan Pondel, business reporter for the Daily News, says healthcare concerns recall those of the recent supermarket strike. - Reporter's Notebook: Cracking Down on Human Smugglers
Discoveries of houses in Watts and Canoga Park stuffed with desperate people have dramatized that immigrant smuggling has shifted from Arizona to Southern California. Federal immigration officials want to borrow the tactics it used in Arizona, but first it-ll have to deal with the LAPD and "Special Order 40." Solomon Moore, who writes about immigration for the LA Times, says that law enforcement strategies may not be so easily transferable.
Communication Workers of America set strike
Pondel's article on possible walkout at SBC
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8 Program)
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use "Ice Storm" tactics to counter immigrant smuggling