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Health care reform rally: Yes we can!
April 28, 2009CLEVELAND HEIGHTS – Repeatedly chanting “Yes, We Can,” some 600 labor, retiree and community activists loudly voiced determination to win health care reform this year at a rally April 17 sponsored by Health Care for America...
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Former Republic workers welcome Vice President Biden to window factory
April 28, 2009CHICAGO – Union members with United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1110 and former employees of the Republic Windows and Doors here welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to their factory April 27. Biden toured...
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U.N. conference reaches agreement on anti-racism resolution
April 27, 2009Delegates from more than 100 United Nations (U.N.) member nations met in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to discuss strategies for eradicating racism. The Durban Review Conference (Durban II) is a follow-up to the World Conference against...
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Latinos in the South often targets of abuse
April 27, 2009Original source: Low-income Latinos have become growing targets across the South. In a report released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center, poor Latinos described life in the South as living in a 'war zone.'...
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Labor, allies resolve to line up 60 pro-EFCA votes in the Senate
April 25, 2009A crowd of workers, labor leaders and community activists launched the most determined lobbying effort yet for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act at an April 22 Washington press conference. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene...
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