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  • From the Charleston 5 victory to the 2004 elections

    From the Charleston 5 victory to the 2004 elections

    May 22, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    An interview with Ken Riley The following interview with Kenneth Riley Jr., president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422 in Charleston, S.C., took place during the recent convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse...

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  • U.S. health care: Crisis, solutions, action plan

    U.S. health care: Crisis, solutions, action plan

    May 16, 2003

    The United Steel Workers of America (USWA) hosted a national forum on the health care crisis at its headquarters in Pittsburgh on April 27. James English, secretary-treasurer of the USWA, set the stage for the forum,...

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  • May Day 2003: Drawing strength from Brazil

    May Day 2003: Drawing strength from Brazil

    May 16, 2003

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Hundreds of workers and fair trade activists celebrated May Day here by gathering to hear union and Workers’ Party activist Marcelo Borges Sereno describe “Organizing to win union power: How Lula did it.”...

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  • UMWA: Coal dust testing changes monstrous

    UMWA: Coal dust testing changes monstrous

    May 16, 2003

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Although they get the headlines and the TV crews, coal mine explosions and cave-ins have not been the leading cause of death of coal miners for 50 years. Black lung, a disease that...

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  • Nurses cheer call to oust Bush

    Nurses cheer call to oust Bush

    May 16, 2003

    WASHINGTON – About 500 union nurses, both registered and practical, fanned out on Capitol Hill May 6 to protest the billions in tax cuts George W. Bush and Congress are doling out to the rich while...

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