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  • Lessons from a militant strike

    Lessons from a militant strike

    June 21, 2002

    In November 2001, Monmouth County, N.J., was the scene of a strike by 900-plus teachers and secretaries employed by the Middletown Township Board of Education. School employee strikes are not frequent among the over 500 school...

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  • RxExpress called ‘unpatriotic’

    RxExpress called ‘unpatriotic’

    June 21, 2002 By Conn Hallinan And John Pappademos

    PITTSBURGH – Retired Pennsylvania workers experienced two surprises when they bussed into Canada to purchase prescription medications June 10. The first was that seniors can save significant amounts of money by merely crossing the Canadian border....

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  • A bad idea, again

    A bad idea, again

    June 21, 2002

    As part of the war on terrorism, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently called for rebuilding military relations with the Indonesian army. In a joint May 13 press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, Matori Abdul Djalil, Rumsfeld...

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  • Gay pride: Moving forward, remembering the past

    Gay pride: Moving forward, remembering the past

    June 21, 2002

    As I drove to Boston’s Pride Parade, I reflected on my life as a “gay” communist in the U.S. As Pride parades take place this month, and as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community...

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  • Rally demands justice at ports

    Rally demands justice at ports

    June 21, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – Demanding “justice at the waterfront,” the nation’s three most powerful transportation unions will join forces on Thursday, June 27, for a history-making Solidarity Day at West Coast ports.

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