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  • Teachers stick with union, scorn Paige attack

    Teachers stick with union, scorn Paige attack

    March 5, 2004

    Workers’ Correspondence While Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s recent statement that the National Education Association is a “terrorist organization” is disturbing enough in itself, his apology issued later that same day is even more alarming. Secretary...

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  • Alabama workers defeat union busters  again

    Alabama workers defeat union busters again

    March 5, 2004

    Union members at Imerys in Sylacauga, Ala., reaffirmed their commitment to each other and their union, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union (PACE), Jan. 21 when they defeated a management-orchestrated decertification campaign by a vote...

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  • Sleep- deprived women

    Sleep- deprived women

    March 5, 2004 By Wadi’h Halabi

    A woman’s right to a good night’s sleep, some quiet time alone, regular vacations – these are among our goals, along with men’s right to the same, and good jobs, social equality, and security for all.

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  • Grocery workers set example of courage

    Grocery workers set example of courage

    March 5, 2004

    News analysis The five-month grocery strike in Southern California is over and the members have overwhelmingly ratified their new contract. Oddly enough, a quote from the Communist Manifesto comes to mind: “Now and then, the workers...

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  • Super Tuesday message: Bush must go!

    Super Tuesday message: Bush must go!

    March 5, 2004

    Alec Bolton, a college history teacher, was handing out John Kerry palm cards at a Baltimore polling place March 2, Super Tuesday. “I support Kerry,” he told the World. But he said he would vote for...

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