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Real plumbers ratchet up support for Obama, EFCA
October 22, 2008DETROIT -- Six thousand building and construction trades workers from various parts of Michigan marched to the McNamara Federal Building here to show support for the Employee Free Choice Act and the election of Sen. Barack...
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Winning for workers in California’s battleground districts
October 21, 2008As we enter the home stretch of what just might be the most exciting campaign season in history, working people have never been more energized for change. Voter registration has skyrocketed, volunteers are turning out in...
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Hillary Clinton rallies Youngstown, Ohio for Obama, Biden
October 18, 2008A noisy and enthusiastic crowd greeted Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) at an Obama/Biden election rally held at Youngstown State University’s Beeghly Gymnasium today. With just 18 days left until the election, the Youngtown area is going...
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Mexico remembers Tlatelolco, 1968
October 18, 2008On Oct. 2 Mexicans observed the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre with a march of tens of thousands of people through Mexico City and other events. Veterans of 1968 marched alongside students who were...
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Economic crisis clobbers California
October 18, 2008Less than a month after California’s legislature and governor finalized the state’s budget after an 85-day delay, that budget — patched together with accounting sleight-of-hand and optimistic guesswork — may be headed back to the drawing...
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