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Labor, community defeat L.A. County budget cuts
July 2, 2004LOS ANGLES – Led by Service Employees International Union Local 660, the labor movement and the community have defeated proposals for drastic cuts in public services in Los Angeles County.
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School unions rally to stop 3,200 layoffs
July 2, 2004DETROIT – Over 800 members of the Coalition of Detroit Public Schools Unions rallied at the Detroit Public Schools Board meeting on June 17 to protest the board’s plan to lay off 3,200 workers, including 900...
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David vs. Goliath in Evergreen State
July 2, 2004EVERETT, Wash. – A small public utility district here with 290,000 customers has been catapulted into national prominence by lifting the curtain on Enron energy traders gleefully conspiring to steal money from “those poor grandmothers in...
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Congress OKs massive theft of Native land
July 2, 2004The “Western Shoshone Distribution Bill” (S 618/HR 884) has passed both houses of Congress and is on its way to the Bush administration for signature. The bill would authorize a payout to the Western Shoshone Indian...
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International notes
July 2, 2004Angola: Parliament OKs AIDS bill By a unanimous vote on June 24, Angola’s Parliament approved legislation outlining measures for prevention, control, treatment and investigation of HIV/AIDS, Angola Press Agency reported. The measure establishes the right of...
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