Babette Grunow
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Labor
Tyson workers vow to keep up fight
November 22, 2003“Another day longer, another day stronger.” That’s how striking Tyson Foods worker Sherri Anderson summed up the status of what is shaping up to be an epic labor battle. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney visited the picket...
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U.S.
Media reform movement comes of age
November 13, 2003MADISON, Wis. – As the audience overflowed the 1,800-capacity Orpheum Theatre here last weekend, Commissioner Michael Copps of the Federal Communications Commission told them they were “the most important meeting occurring in America today,” and veteran...
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Labor
Striking Tyson Foods workers hold firm
July 1, 2003JEFFERSON, Wis. – Solidarity with striking Tyson Foods workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 538, continues to grow as 500 strikers and supporters rallied here June 22. As the strike approaches its fifth...
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Ridge speaks to Mayors’ Conference
June 21, 2002MADISON – At the annual summit of the U.S. Conference of Mayors here June 17, homeland security czar Tom Ridge’s appearance was highlighted in materials both promoting and disparaging the summit.
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Milwaukee kicks off campaign to free Cuban Five
May 31, 2002MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Committee to Free the Cuban Five kicked off its efforts with a gathering here May 19 of about 30 activists and a discussion with special guest Esperanza Luzbert, head of the United...
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Trade conference focus is food sovereignty
May 25, 2002MADISON, Wisc. – Long before Food First author Frances Moore Lappé took the stage to contribute her expertise, food policy had emerged as a central theme of the grassroots trade policy conference held here April 26-27....
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Right takes aim at county government
March 29, 2002MILWAUKEE – Robert Miranda of the Greater Milwaukee Green Party calls it “a stealth attack on democracy” and a “potential right wing takeover.”
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