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  • First visit of U.S. unionists to occupied Iraq

    First visit of U.S. unionists to occupied Iraq

    October 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

    Stop violating labor rights CHICAGO – Two U.S. trade unionists just back from Iraq say they hope their trip is the beginning of cooperation and solidarity between the U.S. labor movement and Iraq’s newly re-established unions.

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  • Labor-based peace coalition maps plans

    Labor-based peace coalition maps plans

    October 31, 2003

    CHICAGO – Teamster Local 705 hosted some 200 delegates and guests who met here Oct. 24-25 to plan the future of a labor-based peace coalition. On the agenda were proposals for a mission statement, structure, leadership,...

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  • Community activist gets labor backing

    Community activist gets labor backing

    October 31, 2003

    LAWRENCE, Mass. – Community activist Martina M. Cruz was recently endorsed by the Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council in her run for School Committee here. Cruz is one of three candidates being endorsed by the labor...

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  • Philadelphia mayoral race heats up

    Philadelphia mayoral race heats up

    October 31, 2003

    PHILADELPHIA – With only a few days left before the mayoral election, Democratic Mayor John Street, the city’s second African American mayor, reportedly has a 5 percent lead in the polls against Sam Katz, his Republican...

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  • Southern Calif. fires raise hard questions

    Southern Calif. fires raise hard questions

    October 31, 2003

    Progressives throughout Southern California are asking some hard questions regarding the devastating and deadly fires sweeping the area, from just north of Los Angeles through San Bernardino and San Diego counties and into Mexico. In a...

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