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Houston surges against the ultra-right
February 27, 2008HOUSTON – Early voting started in Texas Feb. 19, and votes in the Democratic primaries here in Harris County have already surpassed the total votes in all of the early voting period in 2004, according to...
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City-wide contract to lift thousands of Indy janitors out of poverty
February 27, 2008INDIANAPOLIS – On Thursday, Feb. 21 a three-year effort by 1,500 Indianapolis janitors to form a union with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) culminated as representatives of Local 3 headed to the bargaining table. They...
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Warning: SAVE Act goes wrong way on immigration
February 26, 2008WASHINGTON – The Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE) is an enforcement only, anti-immigrant bill that will make life worse for immigrants and their families while doing nothing to solve our country’s undocumented immigration...
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Kucinich stands with union truck drivers for jobs
February 26, 2008CLEVELAND – Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has gotten behind embattled truck drivers and warehouse workers fighting to recover jobs from a union-busting beer distributor. When Superior Beverage took over the delivery contracts in the Cleveland area...
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Students demand voting rights in Prairie View
February 26, 2008HOUSTON – The Houston Chronicle reports that police in Waller County estimate about 2,000 people marched 7.3 miles on Feb. 19 from Prairie View A&M University to the Waller County Courthouse in Hempstead, Texas to demand...
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