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  • Town hall meetings criticize privatization

    Town hall meetings criticize privatization

    March 11, 2005

    DALLAS — Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) spoke at four town hall meetings on Social Security here during the weekend of March 4-6. Three were held in union halls. At each event, a speaker from the...

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  • Union vigil at Harlem Hospital: Stop Medicaid cuts

    Union vigil at Harlem Hospital: Stop Medicaid cuts

    March 11, 2005

    NEW YORK — It was bitterly cold outside Harlem Hospital here March 4, but protesters were fired up. Their malfunctioning bullhorn, intermittently sounding like the Emergency Broadcast System, provided an appropriate signal: Harlem Hospital, Medicaid and...

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  • Calif. govs ballot measures rev up opposition

    Calif. govs ballot measures rev up opposition

    March 11, 2005

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s road trip last week to gather signatures on three pet ballot measures has raised the likelihood of a special election later this year featuring a series of anti-people initiatives. Labor and community organizations...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    March 11, 2005

    WASHINGTON: Senate rejects minimum wage hike With several states already enacting a raise in the minimum wage, dozens of others are now debating such a measure. With the 2006 congressional elections looming, Senate Democrats brought a...

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  • Bush budget forces horrific cuts on Connecticut

    Bush budget forces horrific cuts on Connecticut

    March 11, 2005

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haveners gathered to learn and express growing concerns about the devastation the Bush administration’s federal budget cuts would cause in Connecticut at a Feb. 16 public hearing sponsored by the city...

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