News
Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor
August 11, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California heat wave last month killed more people than either the Northridge earthquake of 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 or the wildfires of 2003. On July 29, the record two-week...
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UE workers fight health care takeaways
August 11, 2006TAUNTON, Mass. — When Esterline Haskon Aerospace Corp. here tried to force members of United Electrical Workers Local 204 to pay huge, up-front health care deductibles, increased co-pays, and higher premiums during contract negotiations, the workers...
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LCLAA spells solidarity
August 11, 2006SAN ANTONIO — If anybody thought the working class is splintering under the American right wing’s battering ram, they could take heart from the convention of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), which concluded...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
August 11, 2006CRAWFORD, Texas: Sheehan returns to Camp Casey “Last summer I made a commitment to be here every time George Bush was supposed to be on vacation,” said Gold Star peace mother Cindy Sheehan last week. Her...
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Progressive for Congress comes under fire
August 11, 2006MINNEAPOLIS — If Keith Ellison is elected in November to represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, he will bring to the U.S. House of Representatives a fresh progressive voice in tradition of Paul Wellstone. He will also...
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