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South Africans mark Soweto uprising
June 23, 2006SOWETO, South Africa (AP) — President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans on a June 16 march in the footsteps of children whose bloody uprising 30 years ago reshaped the struggle to end apartheid. The...
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New Haven demands justice for janitors
June 23, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Over 1,000 janitors and their supporters gathered here June 15 to say the time has come for janitors in New Haven to become union members. “You cannot live on the wages you...
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Detroit janitors fight for union wages, benefits
June 23, 2006DETROIT — On June 15, national Justice for Janitors day, several hundred Detroit area janitors, members of Service Employees International Union Local 3, marched to the new downtown PricewaterhouseCoopers building to send notice to New Image,...
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New YCL-USA leader gets to work
June 23, 2006Erica Smiley is looking forward to her new job as national coordinator of the Young Communist League USA. Smiley, 26, was elected at the YCL’s national convention Memorial Day weekend, succeeding outgoing coordinator Jessica Marshall, who...
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June 23, 200645 states: Hundreds of thousands honor JuneteenthWhat do Waterloo, Iowa; Littlefield, Calvert, Edinberg, Hempsted, Dallas, Corpus Christi and Galveston, Texas; Clarion, Bedford, Wilkinsburg, Williamsport and Lancaster, Pa; Elkton, W.Va.; Southfield, Mich.; Moscow, Idaho; and Senatobia, Columbus,...
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