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Thousands roar support for jailed labor leader
April 29, 2006NEW YORK — Throngs of supporters gathered around Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint as he led a huge April 24 march over the Brooklyn Bridge to the Manhattan jail where he began serving...
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April 29, 2006MELVILLE, W.Va.: Mine inspector ordered to ‘back off’ Just 17 days after the Sago Mine disaster, a fire broke out at Massey Energy’s Aracoma Mine, killing two miners. According to a Pittsburgh Post Gazette report, days...
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Community demands action on police brutality
April 29, 2006MILWAUKEE — Over 6,000 people gathered here April 18 to protest police brutality rampant in the city. The diverse crowd marched to the federal courthouse to protest the recent acquittal of three Milwaukee County police officers...
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N.Y.s Hudson Valley seen as Congress battlefield
April 29, 2006The prospect of toppling two GOP House members in New York’s Hudson Valley has Democrats, peace activists and progressives coming together, aware that 2006 can end the Bush administration’s control of Congress. A combination of Bush’s...
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Labor boosts peace rally
April 29, 2006PHILADELPHIA — “New York peace rally drawing broad labor support” reads the headline of a story on the web site of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America. According to the article, the CWA executive board voted...
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