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Solidarity key as lockout reaches 1,000 days
May 25, 2002MANSFIELD, Ohio – May 4 saw the fifth steelworkers’ rally held here since AKSteel locked out the union workers in 1999. On May 24, the Mansfield lockout turned 1,000 days old. Flanked by expressway on one...
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House bill punishes poor
May 25, 2002WASHINGTON – AFL-CIO President John Sweeney denounced the welfare bill approved by the House May 16 for sharply increasing workfare requirements while scrimping on support services like childcare for the working poor. “Ending poverty for families...
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Immigrant legalization campaign launched
May 25, 2002LOS ANGELES – In Los Angeles and 30 other cities, a broad national coalition of labor, community and religious organizations announced on May 15 an unprecedented grassroots campaign to urge President Bush and Congress to pass...
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Gujarat: An eyewitness report of state-sponsored terror
May 25, 2002”We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens ….” – Preamble of the Indian constitution AHMEDABAD, India – In...
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AFL-CIO maps big 2002 election drive
May 25, 2002NEW YORK – AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told reporters that the May 22 decision of the federation’s General Board to increase financial support for the federation’s Labor 2002 election campaign is propelled by the issues facing...
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