News
From Aug. 29 to Election Day: Mass action can defeat the Bush agenda
September 17, 2004News Analysis On Aug. 29, a half million people marched in New York City at the opening of the Republican National Convention to say “No to the Bush agenda!” People filled the streets with signs and...
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Michigan nurses strike for patient care
September 17, 2004MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — “We’re out here for the patients,” said Mary James, a medical-surgical nurse at Mount Clemens General Hospital. “We can’t give them proper care. Money is not an issue — just give us...
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Overtime fight wins a rare victory on Capitol Hill
September 17, 2004News Analysis These days, with Bush in the White House and Congress locked down under Republican control, a legislative victory for workers is rare. But 22 Republican members of Congress, many from swing states, and under...
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Letters
September 10, 2004Watch your language I refer to your article in the Labor Update section of July 24-30, “Extremists vs. freedom to organize.” What makes me cringe is the term “group of radical right Republicans.” The New York...
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Editorials
September 10, 2004End terrorism The horrific scenes of children being carried out of the Russian school in Beslan and the mangled buses in Beersheba, Israel, have sickened and outraged, once again, all peace- and justice-loving people the world...
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