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We need to reform jobless benefits
October 31, 2001In the weeks since the events of Sept. 11, the ranks of the unemployed have grown by nearly a half-million. Tens of thousands of airline workers have been joined by more thousands of laid-off workers in...
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Health care for all needed
October 31, 2001The Nation's Health Worker's Safety Health care for all needed By Phil E. Benjamin New York City is facing an increase in unemployed workers stemming from the World Trade Center crisis. About 120,000 newly unemployed workers...
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Tobacco still lobbies hard
October 31, 2001WASHINGTON - Each day that Congress meets, the nation's four largest cigarette manufacturers spend more than $100,000 pushing their agenda on Capitol Hill Philip Morris Cos., which operates the nation's largest cigarette factory, and three other...
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Massachusetts Senior Action: Yes to action, no to war
October 31, 2001WORCESTER, Mass. - The Massachusetts Senior Action Council held its convention here Oct. 12 with 300 senior activists coming from around the state. 'Yes to social and political activism; no to war' was the theme of...
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Texans to join November 9 protests
October 31, 2001DALLAS - The North Texas chapter of Jobs with Justice (JwJ) will join in the worldwide protests against the World Trade Organization Nov. 9. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has called for worldwide...
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