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Janitors want a raise after almost 30 years
February 8, 2002ST. LOUIS – On Jan. 26, over 400 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 voted unanimously to go on strike. Local 50, which represents over 3,000 custodial and janitorial employees in the St....
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Eliminating racist team names is not a trivial issue
February 8, 2002Is the demand for an end to the use of American Indian team names, mascots, and logos too trivial or divisive an issue for trade unionists and people of all races to support? On the contrary,...
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Education not incarceration
February 8, 2002Most of President Bush’s State of the Union address was devoted to declaring himself ruler of the entire world, without having won any election, but he did take some time out to talk about the economy....
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Education not incarceration
February 8, 2002COMENTRARY The most industrialized nation in the world, the United States, does not have the highest literacy rate in the world. However, it does have the distinction of claiming the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens. Young...
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Sen. Boxer: Lay memo is smoking gun
February 8, 2002WASHINGTON – Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) assailed former Enron CEO Ken Lay Feb. 4 for pulling out of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. She said that once again Lay is keeping the people of California “in...
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