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Labor Update
June 3, 2005UAW endorses Sweeney The United Auto Workers has endorsed John Sweeney for re-election as president of the AFL-CIO, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger announced May 26. Sweeney, he said, “has actively encouraged a lively, open and much-needed...
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Black trade unionists urge labor unity
June 3, 2005Warn against AFL-CIO restructuring that reduces minority representation, call for new Black political agenda PHOENIX — “There are no more common allies than the broad community and organized labor, and there are no more natural allies...
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Political suicide
May 27, 2005More about the Communist Party’s draft program The following are reader responses to “Upholding Theoretical Foundations”(Tillow, Godwin, Kenny) which appeared in this column in our 5/14-20 issue. My club had just finished going door-to-door with the...
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Letters
May 27, 2005Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift move over… Alberta’s new oil reserves are huge. Does this mean Bush will invade Canada next? When I opened up the San Francisco Chronicle, this was the headline: “Canadian oil sands...
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Editorial: Debatable deal
May 27, 2005The recent deal between 14 Democrats and Republicans on the filibuster and judicial nominees leaves much to be desired. Democrats agreed not to block judges appointed by the administration except in “extraordinary circumstances,” while, in exchange,...
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