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Unthinkable! GOP budget cuts endanger lives, leaders charge
February 14, 2009As California’s budget debacle enters its fourth month, labor and environmental organizations are stepping up their fightback against the Republican drive to gut vital labor and environmental protections. In a Feb. 4 telephone press conference, state...
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Honoring Ohio’s unsung heroes of 2008 elections
February 14, 2009Speaking to scores of activists in labor, community, farm, retiree and other progressive movements at events in three Ohio cities, Sam Webb, national chairman of the Communist Party USA, called for all out grassroots efforts to...
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Progressive Caucus co-chairs react to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act vote
February 14, 2009WASHINGTON — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in the House of Representatives today. This critical legislation to create and save 3.5 million American jobs will be signed into law next week.Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva...
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Stimulus bill a must, but only the beginning
February 14, 2009Although the labor movement is cheering passage of the president’s stimulus bill, leaders of unions and organizations allied with them are pointing out that the bill, itself, is far from perfect and that much more will...
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Thousands, in springtime mood, head to Capitol Hill for lobbying on foreclosures, education
February 14, 2009WASHINGTON—The temperature was 70 degrees Feb. 11 and people sprouted like daffodils on Capitol Hill. Thousands, in a springtime mood, trekked to the offices of their senators and representatives demanding action to rescue the country from...
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