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EDITORIAL: Poison pills
August 4, 2006Does the hard working woman refilling your coffee cup at the lunch counter look like she deserves a pay cut? That could be the outcome if the minimum wage bill, passed in the dead of the...
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Indianapolis organizing news
August 4, 2006AFSCME librarians vow to shelve budget cuts, SEIU janitors fight to clean up poverty wages Demanding the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board recognize its workers’ collective bargaining rights, 60 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal...
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More calls for Iraq troop pullout
August 4, 2006Key congressional Democratic leaders have called on President Bush to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of this year.
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Clean Energy Initiative gains support
August 4, 2006LOS ANGELES — Using a neighborhood gas station as a backdrop, Democratic candidate for governor Phil Angelides late last month endorsed Proposition 87, the “Clean Energy Initiative,” which will be on the ballot in November.
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Election reform demanded in Cuyahoga County
August 4, 2006CLEVELAND — At a spirited rally July 28 some 120 union members, retirees and community activists demanded the resignation of Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Michael Vu and Deputy Director Gwen Dillingham. Chanting “Who must...
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