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  • Holts a progressive voice in N.J.

    Holts a progressive voice in N.J.

    August 29, 2002

    Commentary The race in central New Jersey’s relatively affluent 12th Congressional District is one of the more interesting races in the nation. The race pits two-term Congressman Rush Holt against the GOP candidate Reverend Buster Soaries,...

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  • International support for ILWU

    International support for ILWU

    August 23, 2002

    As we went to press, the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), representing 5 million civil aviation, rail, truck and sea transport workers worldwide pledged support for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in its contract negotiations....

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  • Cuba makes a wonderful destination

    Cuba makes a wonderful destination

    August 23, 2002 By Rosita Johnson

    HAVANA – My first trip to Cuba coincided with the 49th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Revolution, July 26. The revolution ended with national liberation in 1959. With only two weeks of planning, my...

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  • Minnesota AFL-CIO endorses Wellstone

    Minnesota AFL-CIO endorses Wellstone

    August 23, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    DULUTH, Minn. – The more than 700 delegates to the 45th Constitutional Convention of the Minnesota State AFL-CIO cheered wildly as U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) asked for their support in his bid for a third...

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  • UFW marches for historic legislation

    UFW marches for historic legislation

    August 23, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – The United Farm Workers (UFW) are marching in a 150-mile, 10-day trek from the San Joaquin Valley to Sacramento, in order to pressure Governor Gray Davis to approve a history-making bill, which could...

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