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  • Letters

    Letters

    June 10, 2005

    History lesson In the 1930s, the right of workers to join unions, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, minimum wages, and the 40-hour week were enacted into law after a fierce struggle in which the Communist Party USA,...

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  • Editorial: Class matters in America

    Editorial: Class matters in America

    June 10, 2005

    In his speech to the Take Back America conference in Washington, June 3, Bill Moyers described a November 2003 episode of his PBS show, “Now, With Bill Moyers.” He said he interviewed working people who spoke...

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  • Editorial: Restoring real safety and security

    Editorial: Restoring real safety and security

    June 10, 2005

    Let’s see if we have this straight. Let’s give unlimited powers of spying, harassment and imprisonment, targeting U.S. residents and citizens of other countries, to U.S. agencies which have committed documented acts of torture, jailed thousands...

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  • Coalition of Black Trade Unionists: Building labor-community unity for progress

    Coalition of Black Trade Unionists: Building labor-community unity for progress

    June 10, 2005

    The People’s Weekly World interviewed William (Bill) Lucy, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, at its 34th annual convention in Phoenix, May 29. Martin Frazier, contributing editor, conducted the interview. Lucy is secretary-treasurer of...

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  • Conference asks: Is Wal-Mart good for America?

    Conference asks: Is Wal-Mart good for America?

    June 10, 2005 By Joseph Hancock And Martha Hancock

    LOS ANGELES — The UCLA Labor Center here held a special conference on Wal-Mart, June 4. It was educational. It was emotional. And it was packed. Conference participants asked simply, “Is Wal-Mart Good For America?”

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