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Grassroots politics vs. right-wing money
August 2, 2008ST LOUIS – “This is a war of attrition,” said Glenn Burliegh, campaign coordinator for Robin Wright-Jones for state senate. “To win, we have to work harder, fight longer and overcome more obstacles than our opposition....
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Bus drivers confront corruption, union-busting
August 2, 2008MADISON, Ohio – Over 200 rallied here July 22 in a boisterous show of support for embattled school bus drivers whose jobs were terminated when their contract expired in June and the Board of Education implemented...
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World Notes: August 2
August 2, 2008United Kingdom: Unions pressure Labor Party Union general secretaries winnowed through some 4,000 proposals before submitting 120 demands to government ministers at the Labor Party’s National Policy Forum held July 25-26 at Warwick University. Voting as...
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Obama to unionists: We can’t do it without you
August 1, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told more than 2,500 union leaders nationwide that “we can’t do it without you” if he is to win the White House this fall and advance workers’...
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Listening to America from coast to coast
July 31, 2008The Barack Obama campaign’s nine day “Listening to America” project concluded July 27 after thousands of people gathered in at least 1,300 meetings to make recommendations for the 2008 Democratic platform. The meetings in private homes,...
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