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Save my home from real estate greed
September 7, 2007LOS ANGELES — Like the Southern California weather, the movement for affordable housing is heating up. At a press conference in the Olympic Park neighborhood here, housing activists gathered with tenants outside of the residence of...
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2007 Labor Day roundup: A sampling of Labor Day events from around the country.
September 7, 2007Houston: Union members lined up their RVs and smokers and cooked up huge quantities of barbecue at the Harris County AFL-CIO’s Labor Day barbecue cook-off, a three-day bonanza of food and fun at the Pasadena Convention...
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Detroits Labor Day challenges anti-union drive
September 7, 2007DETROIT — Among the many Labor Day parades and picnics across the country last week, this city’s parade had a special edge. While the morning editions of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News carried editorials...
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New Orleans residents march on Superdome
September 7, 2007NEW ORLEANS — A five-day observance of the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina concluded Sept. 1 with protesters marching on the Superdome to demand delivery of promised funds to rebuild homes, hospitals, schools and the city’s...
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U.S. war profiteers steal billions
September 7, 2007Government officials have admitted that American companies are paying millions of dollars in bribes to military officers to win billions in contracts for work in Iraq, according to numerous press reports last week. This is only...
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