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AFL-CIO maps big 2002 election drive
May 25, 2002NEW YORK – AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told reporters that the May 22 decision of the federation’s General Board to increase financial support for the federation’s Labor 2002 election campaign is propelled by the issues facing...
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Church group calls for education reform
May 18, 2002HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Executive Board of the U.S. National Council of Churches (NCC) met here May 14 to stand in solidarity with Good Schools PA advocates for public education reform. Together they are calling on...
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Paul Robeson concert to be commemorated
May 18, 2002Will Parry, now head of the Seattle chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, attended the concert by Paul Robeson when he sang at the Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canadian border near Blaine, Wash., on...
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May Day rally focuses on unity, elections
May 18, 2002NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In his keynote speech to the historic 2002 People's Weekly World Newsmaker Awards rally, John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, paid tribute to the pioneering leadership of the left in our...
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Mother’s Day rally includes resistance pledge
May 18, 2002BATH, Maine - Walking slowly over the Kennebec River Bridge on May 12, 300 peace activists looked down on four nuclear-armed destroyers under construction for the U.S. Navy at the Bath Iron Works here. The skies...
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