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  • Latin America fights neolibralism

    Latin America fights neolibralism

    July 1, 2003

    When the Peruvian trade union movement organized demonstrations this month in support of the public school teachers’ strike and against the government-imposed State of Emergency, the demonstrations turned into protests against President Alejandro Toledo’s neoliberal economic...

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  • Seek national health solutions

    Seek national health solutions

    July 1, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    At its February meeting the AFL-CIO Executive Council responded to the deepening health care crisis by adopting a statement aimed at making health care a priority in the 2004 elections. “We need to turn the 2004...

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  • Anit-immigrant wall endangers nature, too

    Anit-immigrant wall endangers nature, too

    July 1, 2003

    TUCSON, Ariz. – “The Sonoran Desert is a place of stunning beauty and provides essential habitat for a surprising number of plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth,” said Scotty Johnson, a representative of...

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  • Starbucks hit for Cintas contract

    Starbucks hit for Cintas contract

    July 1, 2003

    Across the country last week, upscale coffee company Starbucks felt the heat for contracting with union-buster Cintas Corp. to launder aprons, mats and linens. Cintas has been cited repeatedly for breaking the law by discriminating, dumping...

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  • Lee calls for new national priorities

    Lee calls for new national priorities

    July 1, 2003

    CHICAGO – Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), the only representative to vote against Pres. Bush’s unlimited war authorization, spoke at the United Church of Hyde Park, June 23. Lee is the author of a bill that would...

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