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Unions back fired prof. for soil & water post
October 17, 2002JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With the motto, “Protect the real Florida – for working people!” Russell Pelle is running hard for the Soil and Water Conservation Board in Duval County, hammering Republican Gov. Jeb Bush for coddling...
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Retirees take on AKSteel
October 17, 2002ROSEMONT, Ill. – Scores of active Indiana steelworkers and retired Chicago workers greeted executives and customers of AK (Armco-Kawasaki) Steel Corporation with an angry picket line, Oct. 8, demanding a contract.
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Frame-ups haunt Illinois GOP candidate
October 17, 2002Commentary The 1985 attempt by Jim Ryan, the Republican candidate for governor and Joe Birkett, the Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general, to frame two Latino men has become a red-hot issue in the Illinois elections....
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The socio-economic cost of Pax Americana
October 17, 2002The U.S. is currently engaged in wars around the world; some big and about to get bigger; some small; some covert; some on the drawing board.
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In transit
October 17, 2002Worker’s correspondence The seven days between Sept. 19 and Sept. 26 will long be remembered as “turnaround days” at Local 100, Transport Workers Union. On September 19 the union, together with over 50 community organizations, held...
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