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Baggage screeners rally for jobs
May 10, 2002SAN FRANCISCO – A crowd of more than 1,000 baggage screeners and their allies gathered at a school auditorium near San Francisco’s airport to demand job security for the screeners whose jobs are threatened by the...
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Detroit Tunnel workers locked out
May 10, 2002DETROIT – “Don’t use the tunnel,” a locked-out tunnel worker pleaded to an audience of over 200 demonstrators May 2 in downtown Detroit. The 29 Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1564 members who work in the...
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City employees kicked in Dallas
May 10, 2002DALLAS – Employees of police and fire departments were honored in San Antonio on April 25 for Workers Memorial Day because so many of them had been killed in the Sept. 11 tragedy. But in Dallas...
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L.A. calls for national Chvez holiday
May 10, 2002LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council unanimously called for the establishment of a national holiday for César E. Chávez, the late leader of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO. The Council also agreed...
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Across the country on May Day and Cinco de Mayo: Thousands demand worker and immigrant rights
May 10, 2002About a thousand union and community people marked May Day with a rally and march through downtown Minneapolis, organized by Service Employees International Union Local 17 and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 17. The...
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