"This is an emotional, explosive issue out here," said Myron Blumenfeld, chairman of Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington, a civic organization that helped organize opposition to the building of an incinerator in the late 1980's, a battle that ultimately unseated the town leadership.
Labor organizations, and opposition lawmakers complain that workers' rights and health are being sacrificed to economic interests.
Non-government organizations and opposition political parties held a brief rally outside the group's offices today and assailed the government for failing to protect minorities.
In a petition submitted to Mr. Schweiker last month, 39 religious, labor and social service organizations expressed opposition to any relaxation of health and safety standards.
Just as the vote in the House created unusual political alliances between liberal labor groups and conservative religious organizations in opposition to the bill, the Senate bill produced odd political couplings.
There are groups in Haiti that could be the basis of such an effort: the business and civic organizations and opposition political parties that have formed a coalition under the banner of the Democratic Platform.
But the coalition has struggled to agree on a slate of governing leaders that would unite what is still a loosely allied organization, trying to weave together local councils, splinter organizations, disparate opposition groups and the loyalties of the armed units fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Agents from Venezuela's military intelligence agency on Thursday arrested Guillermo Zuloaga, the owner of the independent television network Globovisión and one of the country's most influential critics of President Hugo Chávez, heightening concerns over an intensifying clampdown on news organizations and opposition political leaders.
Four bombers killed 52 people in attacks on three subway trains and a double-decker bus on July 7. Muslim organizations and opposition politicians have called for a full public inquiry, but the Home Office said it was considering what details it might release to other inquiries to be held by lawmakers.
Despite the woes she has purportedly suffered resulting from gay and lesbian organizations' expressing opposition to her show, Dr. Laura Schlessinger has failed to see the real picture in her current plight over lost sponsors on her radio program (Business Day, July 24).
