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Eyewitness to terror: U.S. links to Colombian death squads
March 8, 2002Plumbers and Fitters Local 393 members voted to send two members to Colombia with a Witness for Peace/Global Exchange labor delegation in January. I was one of them. We went so we could see first-hand the...
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Labor councils condemn violence against unions
March 8, 2002SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Labor Council passed a strongly worded resolution condemning the destruction of the headquarters of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) in Nablus, Palestine, by Israeli F-16 fighter planes....
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AFL-CIO launches major organizing effort
March 8, 2002NEW ORLEANS – As has been the case ever since a team led by John Sweeney, Richard Trumka and Linda Chavez-Thompson assumed the leadership of the AFL-CIO in October 1995, organizing the unorganized was high on...
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Unionists celebrate Intl Womens Day
March 8, 2002CHICAGO – The Chicago Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) held its 23rd annual Florence Criley Awards Dinner here March 3 in celebration of International Women’s Day.
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Honor Cesar Chavez!
March 8, 2002WHEREAS: Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America, was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century, leading a five year boycott of grapes which led to the first union contracts for farm...
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