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  • Labor cant win in a house divided

    Labor cant win in a house divided

    May 13, 2005

    Like no other time in the last 50 years, a united labor movement is critical to defending the working class and the American people. It is decisive to any hope for a progressive agenda for the...

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  • U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel

    U.S. labor group defies ban on Cuba travel

    May 13, 2005

    The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a “cease and desist order” to the U.S. – Cuba Labor Exchange because of that organization’s plan to send a delegation to Cuba at the end of April. The group...

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  • Miguel Contreras, 52, warrior for working families

    Miguel Contreras, 52, warrior for working families

    May 13, 2005

    ‘La union hace la fuerza’: Unity makes strength Miguel Contreras, secretary-treasurer of the 800,000-member Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, died of a heart attack May 6 at the age of 52. Contreras began his tenure...

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  • I Just Want To Do My Job

    I Just Want To Do My Job

    May 13, 2005

    Enter the workplace. A drama with many human roles at play. Ambitions, clashing egos, subterfuge, braggadocio. I just want to do my job. Lurking in the shadows Notes are being taken, actions recorded. Attaboy awards and...

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  • Awards go to filmmakers of color

    Awards go to filmmakers of color

    May 13, 2005

    NEW YORK — The Tribeca All Access (TAA) Connects program, which fosters relationships between U.S.-based filmmakers of color and the film industry, announced April 29 the winners of the second Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards....

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