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  • Steelworkers demand: Save our jobs!

    Steelworkers demand: Save our jobs!

    March 1, 2002

    Workers Correspondence BALTIMORE – More than 1,300 steelworkers and their allies packed the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 2610 union hall here Feb. 20 and cheered as USWA President Leo Gerard demanded that President Bush...

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  • Indiana steelworkers rally for justice

    Indiana steelworkers rally for justice

    March 1, 2002

    Workers Correspondence PORTAGE, Ind. – The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) held three rallies in Indiana Feb. 19-21 to call attention to the plight of steelworkers, retirees and the industry as well as to mobilize for...

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  • The excuse industry is really booming

    The excuse industry is really booming

    March 1, 2002

    Even though a recession is on, there is at least one industry that is booming – the excuse industry. Excuse factories are working overtime, combining and recombining excuses like strands of DNA. Bucky “Limited” Lie-ability, chairman...

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  • A public steel industry for the public good

    A public steel industry for the public good

    March 1, 2002

    Thousands of United Steelworkers of America (USWA) members and supporters rallied this past week demanding government action to save their jobs, their families and their communities. Veterans of the USWA and its retiree organization, the Steelworkers...

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  • Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges

    Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges

    March 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Admiral “Bull” Halsey, who commanded the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet in the South Pacific during World War II, once said, “There are no great men or women, but only great challenges that ordinary men and women...

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