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$5.15 an hour doesnt pay the bills
February 13, 2004NEW YORK – Raising the minimum wage, currently $5.15 an hour, will be the top legislative priority for this state’s Working Families Party, said Dwight Loines, political director of United Auto Workers Region 9A Community Action...
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Dont kiss health care goodbye
February 13, 2004Grocery worker supporters geared up to mark Valentine’s Day week with the distribution of 20,000 “Don’t Kiss Healthcare Goodbye” leaflets in Washington, D.C., Metro stations. As the 70,000 Southern California grocery workers dug in for their...
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International notes
February 13, 2004Haiti: Gov’t calls for end to terror Haiti’s Prime Minister Yvon Neptune Feb. 8 called on opposition leaders to end the terrorist violence committed by their followers in several regions of the country, especially Gonaives, Saint-Marc...
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CPUSA urges global solidarity
February 13, 2004The National Committee of the Communist Party USA adopted the following solidarity resolutions during its meeting in New York on Feb. 1, 2004.Free the Cuban 5! The incarceration of Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón...
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8 killed in Dominican general strike
February 13, 2004Eight people were killed during a general strike that shook the Dominican Republic for 48 hours on Jan. 28-29. The general strike, which was organized by the National Coordinating Body of People’s Organizations and Labor Unions,...
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