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  • Capital campaign approaches $150,000

    Capital campaign approaches $150,000

    March 18, 2005

    The capital campaign to raise $400,000 for three worker-community educational and activist centers is approaching the $150,000 mark this week. A coordinated campaign of the New York-based Chelsea Fund for Education and the Workers Education Society...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    March 11, 2005

    Murder of nun highlights Brazil at crossroads An American nun, Dorothy Stang, who had lived in Brazil for 30 years and was a naturalized Brazilian citizen, was gunned down in the Amazon jungle region where she...

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  • Remembering those who serve A tribute to Americas food-and-beverage workers

    Remembering those who serve A tribute to Americas food-and-beverage workers

    March 11, 2005

    “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, and Rich Edwards, a wine steward at L’Auberge de Sedona restaurant in Arizona, kisses his son...

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  • Calif. govs ballot measures rev up opposition

    Calif. govs ballot measures rev up opposition

    March 11, 2005

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s road trip last week to gather signatures on three pet ballot measures has raised the likelihood of a special election later this year featuring a series of anti-people initiatives. Labor and community organizations...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    March 11, 2005

    WASHINGTON: Senate rejects minimum wage hike With several states already enacting a raise in the minimum wage, dozens of others are now debating such a measure. With the 2006 congressional elections looming, Senate Democrats brought a...

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