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A people’s health agenda for the new year
January 12, 2002The political action agendas for labor and people’s movements in 2002 will be crucial to the next decade of social progress. The severe economic crisis will challenge everyone to mobilize their forces to confront corporate America...
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Indiana AFL-CIO hears steelworker president
January 12, 2002INDIANAPOLIS – On Dec. 17 over 350 union delegates assembled here for the 22nd Indiana State AFL-CIO convention. Delegates from 118 different labor organizations included members of service, education and government unions, as well as building...
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Life and debt in Dallas
January 12, 2002DALLAS – Activists from the civil rights, environmental, labor and peace movements have already come together in here as the new year begins. At least three joint actions have brought the formerly separate groups closer together....
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Honor Dr. King on his Birthday
January 12, 2002When we marched to make Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday we never dreamed what it would become. We had always celebrated with marches, rallies, church services and memorial meetings. But after the national...
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Layoffs don’t make airlines safer
January 12, 2002CHICAGO – After getting a $15-billion bailout, major airlines then used Sept. 11 as a pretext to eliminate meals on most domestic flights. This makes it possible for them to add to their profit column the...
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