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Road to White House runs through Ohio
December 7, 2007Labor rallies for high-stakes election CLEVELAND — The Ohio AFL-CIO is mobilizing an army of political activists to make sure Democrats win the state in next year’s elections. Under the slogan, “The road to the White...
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Nobel winners: drop charges against San Francisco 8
December 7, 2007SAN FRANCISCO — A statement issued last week by Nobel Peace Prize laureates including South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has galvanized attention on a long-simmering case involving eight former Black Panther Party members charged with the...
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Medical students rally for World AIDS Day
December 7, 2007CHICAGO — Wearing white lab coats and red armbands, dozens of American Medical Student Association members from schools across the Midwest rallied here Nov. 30, urging presidential candidates to back expanded, comprehensive programs to fight AIDS...
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Protests tell GOP grinches: dont block kids health care
December 7, 2007WASHINGTON — In the spirit of holiday giving, labor and community activists are descending on lawmakers’ offices this month with a warning: enact SCHIP children’s health care by a veto-proof margin now or face removal from...
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L.A. unions set 2008 fight for good jobs
December 7, 2007LOS ANGELES — Next year labor contracts covering some 350,000 union members in 30 union locals in Los Angeles County will expire, while tens of thousands more are organizing for first contracts. The area’s labor movement...
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