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St Louis celebrates Black History Month
March 8, 2002ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Webster Community for Non-violent Social Action celebrated Black History Month with a forum titled, “Justice: Not Just in February.” The speakers included Traci Williams, secretary treasurer of Local 6355, Communication Workers...
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Retirees fight for health care
March 8, 2002PITTSBURGH – The ink was hardly dry on President Bush’s executive order imposing a 30 percent tariff on imported steel for three years, when the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) announce dit was launching a...
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Welfare reform: Where are we going?
March 8, 2002PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The conference, “Welfare Reform: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?” brought 500 participants to Bryn Mawr College Feb. 28-March 1 to hear speakers form academia, advocacy groups and government and then...
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Dockers celebrate victory in new hall
March 8, 2002CHARLESTON, S.C. – Dockworker Elijah Ford stood with his wife and children before his union brothers and sisters in the magnificent new International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union hall here March 2. He is a quiet, modest...
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Helping your overweight child
March 8, 2002According to recent government studies, an increasing number of children in this country, many of them quite young, are overweight.
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