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  • Bloomberg provoking Queens bus strike

    Bloomberg provoking Queens bus strike

    June 21, 2002

    A few months ago, Transport Workers Union Local 100 settled an agreement with the owners of three private bus lines in Queens, N.Y. The settlement was a fair one. It took a few work stoppages to...

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  • Coca-Cola had a bad day

    Coca-Cola had a bad day

    June 21, 2002

    DALLAS – June 10 did not turn out to be such a good day for the Coca-Cola company here, and they had such nice plans! Coca-Cola management had decided that June 10 would mark their 100th...

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  • Courage to refuse

    Courage to refuse

    June 21, 2002

    PHILADELPHIA – A capacity crowd of nearly 400 gathered at the Congregation Mishkan Shalom here June 2 to watch the “60 Minutes” special report on the Israeli reservists who have refused to serve in the occupied...

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  • Juarez responds to violence against women

    Juarez responds to violence against women

    June 21, 2002 By 0

    CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – How best to fight the ongoing wave of violence against women here was the theme of Mexico’s 5th National Poets’ Encounter, held at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, June 1-3. The...

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  • Corporate polluters pay Bush for job well done

    Corporate polluters pay Bush for job well done

    June 21, 2002

    HOUSTON – One day after weakening clean air protections on more than 1,700 old power plants, refineries and other polluters, George W. Bush travelled to one of America’s smoggiest city to raise money. Home to a...

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