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  • Lockheed strike in Georgia holding firm

    Lockheed strike in Georgia holding firm

    March 29, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    “We’re hanging tough,” Bob Wood, communications director for Machinists Local 709, whose members went on strike against Lockheed-Martin on March 11 told the World when reached at his office in Marietta, Georgia. The decision to strike...

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  • Bay Area workers march for job security

    Bay Area workers march for job security

    March 29, 2002

    OAKLAND – More than 350 trade unionists and community activists marched through the streets of downtown Oakland to the Federal Building March 23 in protest of government attacks on airport baggage screeners, longshore and hotel workers,...

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  • Honor César Chávez

    Honor César Chávez

    March 29, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    WHEREAS: César Chávez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America, was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, leading a five- year boycott of grapes, which led to the first union contracts for farm...

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  • CPI(M) Congress meets

    CPI(M) Congress meets

    March 29, 2002

    HYDERABAD, India – At a movie theater turned convention hall, the Communist Party of India – (Marxist) [CPI(M)] held its 17th Congress here, March 19-24. For the entire article, click on the headline. To visit the...

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  • International Notes

    International Notes

    March 29, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    Turkish anti-war rally held despite gov’t ban/Russian workers strike over unpaid wages/Australian Easter protest threatened with ban/Youth urge solidarity with Palestinians

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