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  • AKSteel workers win victory on tax abatement

    AKSteel workers win victory on tax abatement

    June 21, 2002

    Locked out Armco-Kawasaki (AK) steelworkers in Mansfield, Ohio won a significant victory last week when the city council voted against renegotiaing with AKSteel on its 1995 tax-abatement agreement with the city. Locked-out members of United Steelworkers...

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  • Who is really in charge of national security?

    Who is really in charge of national security?

    June 21, 2002

    Taking a cue from Ronald Reagan’s reign, George W. is looking into ways to privatize the air traffic controllers. Ronald Reagan started his anti-labor presidency by busting the air traffic controllers’ union, PATCO.

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  • Jury rules against FBI, Oakland Police

    Jury rules against FBI, Oakland Police

    June 21, 2002

    OAKLAND – It took 11 years and a five-week trial, but a jury of eight women and two men meeting in the Federal Court House here, unanimously decided that the FBI and the Oakland Police Department...

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  • Ridge speaks to Mayors’ Conference

    Ridge speaks to Mayors’ Conference

    June 21, 2002 By Babette Grunow And Gary Grass

    MADISON – At the annual summit of the U.S. Conference of Mayors here June 17, homeland security czar Tom Ridge’s appearance was highlighted in materials both promoting and disparaging the summit.

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  • UPS Teamsters mood is strong

    UPS Teamsters mood is strong

    June 21, 2002

    OAKLAND, Calif. – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is mobilizing members and community allies in a campaign to gain a decent contract at United Parcel Service (UPS). The union is striving to stem the loss...

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