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Postal workers fight for We Deliver promise
September 1, 2006PHILADELPHIA — Chant-ing “Save Our Service,” members of the American Postal Workers Union rallied Aug. 17 during their national convention here to protest Postal Service plans to consolidate operations, eliminate union jobs, hire temporary workers and...
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National Clips
September 1, 2006CHARLESTON, W.Va.: Unions, activists rally for change The Bush administration’s policies are “an assault upon American working families,” Sen. Robert Byrd thundered before some 500 mostly union members and their families, Aug. 26. Bush’s policies, mountaintop...
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Day laborers find hope in San Francisco program
September 1, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Early on a chill, gray August morning, men seeking casual jobs pulled their jackets closer as they stood in little groups along the Mission District’s Cesar Chavez Street. There was something different about...
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Santorum vulnerable in hot Senate race
September 1, 2006PITTSBURGH — There’s already been a reported shoving match, negative TV ads, federal money flowing in, and it is only the “dog days” of August. What’s up? Pennsylvania’s hot Senate campaign. Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is...
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Right-wing targets judge who ruled vs. Bush spying
September 1, 2006Civil liberties and peace advocates are rallying to support federal district Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who is under vicious right-wing attack for her landmark Aug. 17 ruling that the Bush administration’s program of wiretapping without warrants...
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