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Editorials
July 2, 2004Stop Bush’s hidden draft The Pentagon plans to call up 5,600 retired or discharged soldiers, members of a group of 117,000 so-called “ready reserves.” This comes on top of the so-called “stop loss” policy, which has...
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Bush, religious right target churches
July 2, 2004Fighters for freedom of religion and freedom of conscience are voicing alarm that 228 years after the nation’s birth, George W. Bush and the ultra-right are waging a ferocious assault on separation of church and state,...
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Dont get sick
July 2, 2004Each year 2.7 million federal workers are guaranteed 13 days of paid sick time. Many state employees are guaranteed the same or even more.
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Labor, community defeat L.A. County budget cuts
July 2, 2004LOS ANGLES – Led by Service Employees International Union Local 660, the labor movement and the community have defeated proposals for drastic cuts in public services in Los Angeles County.
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School unions rally to stop 3,200 layoffs
July 2, 2004DETROIT – Over 800 members of the Coalition of Detroit Public Schools Unions rallied at the Detroit Public Schools Board meeting on June 17 to protest the board’s plan to lay off 3,200 workers, including 900...
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