News
Hotel, casino workers battle on two coasts
October 15, 2004Undaunted by the challenge of four high-stakes contract struggles on two coasts, the union representing hotel and casino workers has revved up its solidarity machine. “We’re fighting the fight we have to fight,” union spokesperson Amanda...
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IBEW rank and file powers up electoral grid
October 15, 2004Commentary When Dick Cheney boasted during the vice presidential debate that he had “carried a ticket with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for six years,” he didn’t impress many IBEW members. It was like a...
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N. Calif. PWW banquet says: Beat back Bush!
October 15, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. — The mood was both joyous and determined as Northern California supporters of the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo gathered Oct. 8 to celebrate their favorite newspaper and to rededicate themselves to the banquet’s theme...
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Iron Range fired up
October 15, 2004HIBBING, Minn. — The 2004 presidential election is “historically far more important than any other … in my lifetime,” Steelworkers District 11 Director David Foster told a get-out-the-vote training session in the heart of Minnesota’s Iron...
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Letters
October 8, 2004A possible solution A while ago, a couple of guys came up with a carburetor system that ran off cooking oil! They applied their invention to an old VW bus. They drove it across the country,...
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