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Mission Linen workers vote to unionize
May 25, 2002In a major victory for working people, Mission Linen workers in three Arizona cities voted to join over 1,500 Mission workers represented by UNITE. The results of a May 2 vote in Phoenix were overwhelmingly in...
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The added price of oil
May 25, 2002Every year since 1990 an average of 30 million gallons of oil has been spilled from wells, pipelines, and storage facilities.
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Pirates at the pump
May 25, 2002Although the price of gasoline has not spiked as dramatically as in 2000 and 2001, pump prices have increased nearly 30 cents per gallon since February. Industry sources say we can expect another 10-cent increase before...
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Trade conference focus is food sovereignty
May 25, 2002MADISON, Wisc. – Long before Food First author Frances Moore Lappé took the stage to contribute her expertise, food policy had emerged as a central theme of the grassroots trade policy conference held here April 26-27....
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Movement grows to end U.S. blockade against Cuba
May 25, 2002During a visit to Miami May 20, George W. Bush announced that his administration would not yield to the majority U.S. public opinion and end the blockade against Cuba. Bush raised $2 million dollars for the...
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