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National Clips

May 14, 2004

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.: Vote stealers are at it again The infamous Florida Board of Elections, now an agency under control of President Bush’s brother Jeb, Florida’s governor, ordered 40,000 potential voters purged from the registration rolls, May...

Arizona workers gear up for 2004 elections

May 14, 2004

PHOENIX – Thousands of trade union activists poured into the Wyndham Hotel in downtown Phoenix on May 6 to hear Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry speak and to launch the Arizona Labor 2004 Kickoff campaign...

GOP trickery in overtime fight

May 14, 2004

WASHINGTON (PAI) – If you can’t beat ’em, try to fool ’em. That was the latest GOP strategy when dealing with the issue of workers’ overtime pay. Despite the Senate’s 52-47 pro-overtime vote on May 4,...

Women of steel vow to oust Bush

May 14, 2004

WASHINGTON – Mother Jones, the legendary labor agitator, made an unexpected appearance May 2 at the “Women of Steel” election conference here aimed at ousting George W. Bush from the White House next Nov. 2. Peering...

Letters

May 7, 2004

Socialism and technology “Capitalism and jobs” by Pat Barile (PWW, 4/24-30) says it correctly and places the emphasis on advanced technology as the major factor in the loss of jobs in the United States. He correctly...