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  • Whatever it takes!

    Whatever it takes!

    November 22, 2003

    Workers’ Correspondence An unprecedented turnaround took place during contract negotiations between the 33,000 Chicago Teachers Union members and the Chicago Board of Education. Both the union’s governing body, the House of Delegates, and the rank and...

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  • A clear and present danger to public safety

    A clear and present danger to public safety

    November 22, 2003

    Police departments have joined immigrant rights advocates in denouncing the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act, H.R. 2671. The proposed law would require local police departments to enforce federal immigration laws or face...

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  • Nurses strike: End 12-hour shifts

    Nurses strike: End 12-hour shifts

    November 22, 2003

    PHILADELPHIA – Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) Hospital nurses were on the picket line at the hospital’s entrance here early on Nov. 11. Their signs expressed the issues preventing Office and Professional Employees International Union Local...

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  • Plunder unmasked in Iraq

    Plunder unmasked in Iraq

    November 22, 2003

    The ugly face of imperialism is now in full view with the revelation of the U.S. occupation command’s economic initiatives in Iraq: • The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is devastating Iraq’s domestic industry by encouraging imports....

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  • AFSCME meet takes on war, organizing, elections

    AFSCME meet takes on war, organizing, elections

    November 22, 2003

    Workers’ Correspondence Delegates to the 13th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 in Illinois called upon members of Congress to refuse to approve the Bush administration’s request for...

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