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Protesters occupy Baltimore School Board

December 19, 2003

BALTIMORE – Hundreds of chanting students, parents, and school employees rallied outside the Baltimore School Board on Dec. 9 to protest the layoff of 1,000 school workers, a drastic measure to reduce a $52 million school...

Shut down Safeways profits

December 19, 2003

Workers hold the line for health care LOS ANGELES – “Empty Safeway’s stores and cash drawers” by taking action to cut them off from the source of their money – consumers and communities, United Food and...

Letters

December 12, 2003

“Patriot Act II” sneaking in There has been a great deal of coverage to generate resistance against the Patriot Act II and protect our privacy against its further encroachment. However, we must refocus our attention. David...

Editorials

December 12, 2003

Remove Dr. Death Despite the Republicans’ highly touted jobless recovery and last month’s pathetically small uptick in employment figures, this holiday season 15 million unemployed and underemployed Americans are preoccupied with sending out resumes, not Christmas...

Attack on California workers comp

December 12, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

The attack on the California Workers’ Compensation system, being orchestrated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s corporate think tanks, dramatizes the importance of workers’ comp in state politics.