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  • Hundreds rally for jailed New Bedford workers

    Hundreds rally for jailed New Bedford workers

    March 23, 2007

    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Hundreds of people from Massachusetts and Rhode Island rallied here March 17 in support of 361 undocumented workers who were arrested in a government raid earlier this month at a New Bedford...

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  • Union: Sago miners did not have to die

    Union: Sago miners did not have to die

    March 23, 2007

    Standing with the West Virginia congressional delegation and before the family of deceased Sago miner Jim Bennett, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts and Secretary Treasurer Daniel Kane charged, “This tragedy was preventable and should have...

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  • Jobs with Justice honors Ford hunger marcher

    Jobs with Justice honors Ford hunger marcher

    March 23, 2007

    WARREN, Mich. — Representatives from local labor and community organizations gathered on March 17 for the annual Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice dinner to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Ford Hunger March and to honor...

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  • Iran sanctions: prelude for a U.S. attack?

    Iran sanctions: prelude for a U.S. attack?

    March 23, 2007

    UNITED NATIONS — The Bush administration is taking a proposed new UN Security Council resolution for further sanctions on Iran as a green light for ratcheting up confrontation with Tehran. Many are concerned that the White...

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  • Chicago officials urge end to raids, deportations

    Chicago officials urge end to raids, deportations

    March 23, 2007

    CHICAGO — By a 45-0 vote, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City Council approved a resolution March 13 calling on President Bush to issue a moratorium immediately on all immigration raids and deportations not related...

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