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April 29, 2006Peaceful protesters picket perfectly Probably around last week I picked up the April 8-14 issue of People’s Weekly World in order to find an article for my Community Studies class. We were writing about activism in...
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Postpone drug plan deadline!
April 29, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — The same labor-backed coalition that last year helped successfully derail GOP President George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization scheme has launched a campaign to get lawmakers to postpone the May 15 deadline seniors...
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Displaced Katrina survivors lose health care benefits
April 29, 2006As Medicaid waivers begin to expire, Katrina evacuees who need health care are growing ever more desperate. In September 2005, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the federal agency which administers Medicaid, initiated a...
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CWA hits high-tech visas
April 29, 2006Spotlighting an aspect of the nation’s immigration debate that has received little attention, the Communications Workers executive board voted April 18 to lobby against a guest worker program which allows employers to create a temporary workforce...
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Thousands pack San Francisco for immigrant rights march
April 29, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — The labor movement, the faith community, a broad spectrum of immigrant rights organizations and just plain folks joined in a river of 15,000 marchers that flooded city streets from the Mission District’s Dolores...
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