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August 29, 2003It takes a fight to win On Labor Day 2003, a specter is haunting America. It is called unemployment. In July, the official unemployment level rose to 6.2 percent. This figure hides hundreds of thousands who...
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Stop the FTAA, On to Miami!
August 29, 2003Thousands will be marching in the streets of Miami, Florida, during the week of Nov. 17-21, protesting the proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). They will pour into Miami from all over the country...
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Steel companies slash retiree benefits
August 29, 2003DETROIT – Thirty thousand retired steelworkers from bankrupt National Steel are seeing their worst nightmare become reality after a bankruptcy judge ruled earlier this month that they are no longer eligible for health care coverage. For...
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Ironworkers ring doorbells against recall
August 29, 2003SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Ironworker Ray Trujillo is on a mission: to reach every union family in California and convince them to vote “no” on the recall of Gov. Gray Davis Oct. 7. An outgoing and energetic...
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Miamians protest detention of Haitians
August 29, 2003The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is going to put the unfair treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers on the national agenda, said Winie Cantave, co-director of the Miami-based Unite for Dignity. According to Cantave, hundreds of Haitian refugees,...
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