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Texans celebrate memory of Cesar Chavez
April 9, 2004A chorus of “Si, se puede!” (Yes, it can be done!), “Abajo con la migra” (Down with the INS!), “Abajo con Bush” (Down with Bush!), and “Cesar Chavez, presente!” rang across the streets of San Juan,...
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Uniform Justice reaches out to public
April 9, 2004CHICAGO – The giant Cintas Corp., which provides and launders industrial uniforms for some of the largest enterprises in the United States, is becoming to industrial laundries and uniform services what Wal-Mart is to retail trade....
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National Clips
April 9, 2004HUNTINGTON, W.Va.: 500 workers, students protest Bush “I was invited to Mr. Bush’s rally down the road,” Huntington Mayor David Felinton told 500 coal miners, steelworkers, building trades workers, firefighters and students, April 2. “But I...
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Protests shake up Chicago Fire Dept.
April 9, 2004CHICAGO – The city’s first African American fire commissioner in the 150-year history of the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) was appointed April 1 after weeks of mounting protest against a series of racist slurs on the...
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In Massachusetts: Same-sex couples set to wed in May
April 9, 2004Despite potential setbacks, gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed in the state of Massachusetts in a matter of weeks. On May 17 marriage licenses will be issued to same-sex partners, the result of...
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