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Tentative pact reached in Detroit teachers strike
September 15, 2006DETROIT — After 16 days on the picket line, the unity of 9,500 members of American Federation of Teachers Local 231 finally forced school officials to agree to a tentative pact potentially ending the strike here...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
September 15, 2006LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Honor 9/11 victims with peace On Sept. 11, 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched his first nonviolent protest in South Africa before returning to his native India to use nonviolence in the successful campaign which freed...
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Black Caucus: End war, rebuild New Orleans, vote Nov. 7
September 15, 2006WASHINGTON — Whether the topic was violence in Baghdad or the lack of funds to rebuild New Orleans, the theme at the Congressional Black Caucus 36th Legislative Conference Sept. 6-9 was “changing course,” as the title...
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Latino leaders push voter turnout
September 15, 2006LOS ANGELES — Dubbed as the first comprehensive gathering of Latino leaders since the civil rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s, over 3,000 participants assembled here Sept. 6-10 at the National Latino Congreso. Antonio González,...
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Janitors speak out for better wages
September 13, 2006PHILADELPHIA - A spirited and militant group of Service Employee Union 32BJ members, their friends and supporters marched here to defend area standards for office cleaners on Aug. 31. Their message was to Arthur Johnson, who...
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