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The economics of offshore outsourcing
September 3, 2004News Analysis Last spring the television show, “The West Wing,” came very close to portraying reality. In that episode, a trade pact negotiated by a presidential aide allowed a U.S. tech company to “offshore” 17,000 jobs...
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Labor moves into precincts to protect vote
September 3, 2004Tens of thousands of shop stewards, union activists and labor lawyers will be enforcing the Voting Rights Act on Election Day and in the weeks leading up it. Through a non-partisan campaign it calls “My Vote,...
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Oust Bush coalition surges in Florida
September 3, 2004WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A movement of unions, senior citizen and civil rights organizations is working hard to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state even as Gov. Jeb Bush and the Republican right...
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March for womens lives. Rally champions womens equality
September 3, 2004NEW YORK — The largest pro-choice rally in this city’s history Aug. 28 helped kick off a week of protest against the Bush administration’s anti-women policies. The rally, called the March for Women’s Lives NYC, drew...
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GOP policies a disaster for working people
September 3, 2004Why did thousands of workers march on the Republican National Convention in New York City, Sept. 1? Are they just whiny “girlie men,” the offensive term used so contemptuously by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his...
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