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Bakers rise up: Working at Fiesta Mart in Houston is no party
June 30, 2006HOUSTON — Bakery commissary workers at the Fiesta Mart grocery store on Wirt Road in Houston will vote June 30 on whether to join the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 130. Concurrently,...
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WORKERS’ CORRESPONDENCE
June 30, 2006UAW Convention reportA worker correspondent who attended the recent UAW convention as a delegate sent in this report: Delegates at the UAW Constitutional Convention held in Las Vegas spent their time discussing issues important to their...
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New York teacher exposes results of Republican takeover of public education
June 30, 2006“This is the first time toilet paper inspired me to write an article,” says our correspondent, a United Federation of Teachers delegate. “I was working at the committee on special education writing a psychological report. I...
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Hearing spotlights plight of African immigrants
June 30, 2006LOS ANGELES — A standing room only crowd came out June 25 to discuss how the immigration issue affects the African American community.
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Fight to defend undocumented youth
June 30, 2006BOSTON — Mario Rodas graduated from Chelsea High School last year with honors and hoped to go to college to study computer science. But that was not to happen for the 19-year-old Guatemalan youth. Immigration and...
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