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USWA: Workers unite
August 9, 2002Leo Gerard, in his keynote address to the 31st Convention of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), proudly announced international guests from 40 unions from 17 countries. He asked them all to stand to rousing applause...
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International notes
August 9, 2002China: New security concept at ASEAN meet/France: Unions, CP protest Air France privatization/Nigeria: Women win again/Uruguay: General strike protests economic crisis/Korea: Reunification Day fete planned/Canada: Auto workers leader aids homeless
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Sacramento labor council supports dockers
August 9, 2002The Sacramento Central Labor Council adopted a resolution, July 16, protesting the intervention by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s contract negotiations. Delegates to the Labor Council told David Ballsley...
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Solidarity politics top AFL-CIO meet
August 9, 2002CHICAGO – In a strongly worded resolution, the AFL-CIO Executive Council condemned the Bush administration’s threat to use federal troops to break any strike by members of the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)...
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Petition call: No U.S. attack on Iraq
August 9, 2002“We, the undersigned, resolutely oppose the Bush administration’s plan to invade, conquer and occupy Iraq.” So begins an online petition to George W. Bush, Congress and the media, initiated by Democrats.com. Since it was posted the...
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