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Movement presses on in wake of raids, arrests
April 28, 2006CHICAGO — Imagine you are at work. You’re on a break getting food from the truck outside, when you are surrounded and arrested by federal agents. That’s what happened April 19 to 1,187 workers in some...
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Workers of the world uniting: Solidarity grows for Mexican workers
April 28, 2006Hundreds of Mexican federal and state police stormed the Sicartsa steel plant in western Michoacan, April 20, to remove striking steelworkers who had occupied the plant since April 2. The police opened fire on workers with...
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Remarks for the TWU Local 100 Rally, New York City
April 27, 2006This is an historic moment and the MTA should take note of our solidarity. We are all here — Denis Hughes, Randi Weingarten, Pat Lynch, Jim Little, my brothers Mike Fishman, Denis Rivera and Bruce Raynor,...
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Chicago: Labor group backs May 1 immigration rally
April 27, 2006Organized labor linked arms with the immigration issue April 24 at a Chicago street corner with powerful symbolism. “Immigrants’ rights are workers’ rights,” Dennis Gannon said at a rally at Randolph and Des Plaines. Gannon, head...
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Another racist attack in Germany
April 26, 2006BERLIN — Racism in Germany, always a vital and bitter affair, became a central issue again when a young man of Ethiopian background was attacked late at night on April 21 at a bus stop in...
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