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Labor boosts peace rally
April 29, 2006PHILADELPHIA — “New York peace rally drawing broad labor support” reads the headline of a story on the web site of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America. According to the article, the CWA executive board voted...
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Immigrant rights forces keep up the heat
April 29, 2006The continuing mass upsurge for immigrant rights, with hundreds of May 1 demonstrations being organized nationwide, drew a reaction from the Bush administration last week. Nationwide raids by the Department of Homeland Security on April 19-20...
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High gas prices linked to oily White House
April 29, 2006WASHINGTON — Hustling to contain voter outrage over gas prices ratcheting up over $3 a gallon in an election year, President George W. Bush ordered the Justice Department to investigate price fixing. He also suspended environmental...
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Immigration raids escalate fight over rights
April 28, 2006Supporters of immigrant rights are reacting with anger to last week’s large-scale immigration raids, and calling for all raids and deportations to be stopped and for legislation legalizing undocumented workers to be supported. On April 19...
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WHATSREALLYGOOD
April 28, 2006NYU grad students continue struggle for union After months of intense pressure by New York University including threats of deportation for immigrant students, most members of GSOC/UAW Local 2110, which represents graduate student employees of NYU,...
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