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November 19, 2004LOS ANGELES: Council bars sweatshop products In the heart of the “sweatshop capital of world,” LA’s labor leaders, workers and cuty residents demanded the city only buy products made by workers who labor under humane conditions...
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Chicagoans rally against Daley school plan
November 19, 2004News Analysis CHICAGO — If Mayor Richard M. Daley thought he could sneak a new school privatization scheme by the public, he’s had a rude awakening. Vowing to block the mayor’s “Renaissance 2010” plan, over 500...
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Call to stop IRS probe of NAACP
November 19, 2004WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has asked President Bush to “call off the dogs at the IRS” by terminating the tax agency’s probe of the NAACP. Rangel co-signed an Oct. 29 letter to IRS Commissioner...
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Conf. on race calls for proactive agenda
November 19, 2004BERKELEY, Calif. — They came from all regions of the country and from every arena of the racial justice struggle, and with one voice they declared that in the wake of Nov. 2, their determination to...
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AFL-CIO head focuses on unity
November 19, 2004Just one week after the disappointing outcome of the Nov. 2 election to which the American labor movement had committed unprecedented money, troops and passion, leaders of the AFL-CIO gathered in Washington, D.C., for a one-day...
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