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Picketers tell Bank of America, We want free choice
April 7, 2009CHICAGO -- Labor activists and Logan Square residents picketed the local branch of Bank of America, April 4, to draw attention to the bank's brazen campaign to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Chanting “Shame...
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Abbas visits Iraq to build bridges for refugees
April 7, 2009Original source: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to repair relations between Palestinians and Iraq on Sunday during his first visit to the country since the 2003 US-led invasion. The visit is significant because it marks a...
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Health care not warfare!
April 6, 2009NEW YORK—About 10,000 protesters marched through the Wall Street financial district April 4 chanting “Money for health care not for war, that is what we’re marching for.” It was the 42nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther...
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Surviving Jena Six: The dreams of Mychal Bell
April 6, 2009Original source: My name is Mychal Bell and I was one of the Jena Six that was charged with attempted murder down in Jena, Louisiana in 2006. As of now, seeing that we have a black...
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Employee Free Choice Act is good for Black workers
April 6, 2009Original source: The Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently under consideration by Congress, is a bill that would make it easier for all workers to join unions by giving them the option to choose how...
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