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September 12, 2003

NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Bush jeered on campaign trail Doris J. Blue, a nurse at the Veteran’s Hospital, was fed up. She and 20 of her co-workers drove from Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 8, to join hundreds of protesters,...

93,000 jobs lost in August

September 12, 2003

“The day after President George W. Bush announced the U.S. economy was ‘looking up’ and proposed making most of his millionaire tax cuts permanent, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirmed that working families are...

Protesters assail Ashcroft, Patriot Act

September 12, 2003

BOSTON – Over a thousand people took a detour from going to work or class on Sept. 9 to protest a visit from Attorney General John Ashcroft to historic Faneuil Hall where he held an invitation-only...

Anti-recall crowds grab PWW/NM in California

September 12, 2003

DELANO, Calif. – “May I have three more copies for my friends?” said a farm worker at a United Farm Worker rally here last weekend. He was referring to that week’s edition of the People’s Weekly...

Labor calls for Yale strike support

September 12, 2003

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As spirited picket lines and marches fill the campus at Yale University, national support and unity continues to grow for striking service-maintenance, clerical-technical and hospital dietary workers. Several thousand striking workers received...