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Remember Seattle? March to Miami!
September 26, 2003The Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (ASJE) launched its March to Miami just after Labor Day in Seattle, where Teamsters and environmental activists first marched together to protest transnational corporate arrogance and the World...
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Californians gird to block recall Oct. 7
September 26, 2003SAN FRANCISCO – The labor-led fight to defeat the recall of California Gov. Gray Davis is surging forward despite a Sept. 22 court ruling that reinstated Oct. 7 as the date of the special election. An...
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No Child law hurts kids, schools
September 26, 2003CHICAGO – The letters were sent in August. Hundreds of thousands of parents received the news. Their children were going to failing schools.
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Freedom Rides hit the road
September 26, 2003Jubilant send-off rallies in four West Coast cities Sept. 20 launched the first contingent of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (IWFR), the most dramatic and ambitious campaign for rights of foreign-born workers and their families in...
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Soldiers dad to Bush: Stop playing with lives
September 26, 2003WASHINGTON – Larry Syverson, father of two combat soldiers deployed in Iraq, told a National Press Club news conference Sept. 24 that George W. Bush is “playing with my sons’ lives” to secure control of Iraqi...
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