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AFSCME meet takes on war, organizing, elections

November 22, 2003

Workers’ Correspondence Delegates to the 13th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 in Illinois called upon members of Congress to refuse to approve the Bush administration’s request for...

National Clips

November 22, 2003

ATLANTA, Ga.: Patriot Act inspires dictatorships, says Carter First, former Vice President Al Gore, and now former President Jimmy Carter have condemned the Patriot Act. On Nov. 11 Carter said civil liberties have eroded in the...

Big push to block GOP energy bill

November 22, 2003

WASHINGTON – Calls resounded on Capitol Hill for senators to block enactment of the 1,000-page Energy Policy Act, a Christmas tree laden with sugarplums for the oil and gas monopolies. The House approved the energy bill...

Seniors slam Trojan horse drug bill

November 22, 2003

WASHINGTON – Senior citizens, African American, Latino and white, packed the ornate Senate Caucus Room Nov. 19 and cheered as speakers blasted a prescription drug plan that provides meager drug benefits for some senior citizens while...

Marchers say FTAA No Way!

November 22, 2003

MIAMI – As thousands of union members, environmental and human rights activists massed here to protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit, hundreds of community activists from low-income neighborhoods, immigrants and farm workers completed...