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  • Mechanics nearly walked

    Mechanics nearly walked

    February 22, 2002

    CHICAGO – United Airlines (UAL) mechanics and maintenance workers around the country were poised to walk off the job Feb. 12. Here in Chicago many had already cleaned out their lockers. Capping a two-year, sometimes bitter...

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  • Ohio schoolworkers win strike

    Ohio schoolworkers win strike

    February 22, 2002

    NEWS ANALYSIS JEFFERSON, Ohio – The schoolworkers in Jefferson Village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, have won their battle to save their union contract, wages and benefits. The 92 members of the Ohio Association of Public School...

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  • Build the movement for better care

    Build the movement for better care

    February 22, 2002

    An article in the Oct. 25, 2001 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) put it simply: “Although the U.S. health care system is often touted as one of the best in the...

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  • Bush ignores equality issues in State of Union

    Bush ignores equality issues in State of Union

    February 22, 2002

    While mentioning increasing “minority homeownership,” for the most part George W. Bush was mum on issues affecting African-Americans, Latinos and other communities of color in his State of the Union address Jan. 29.

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  • 50,000 in Brazil proclaim:Another world is possible

    50,000 in Brazil proclaim:Another world is possible

    February 22, 2002 By Jessica Marshall

    PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – While thousands took to the street the week of Jan. 28 to protest the World Economic Forum in New York City, an estimated 60,000 people joined together here in proclaiming “Another World...

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