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Teamsters beat anti-union campaign
May 7, 2003CLEVELAND – In a powerful display of unity, union salt miners have twice in three weeks beaten back an effort, led by the head of David Duke’s local white supremacist organization, to decertify the Teamsters at...
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National Clips
May 7, 2003WASHINGTON, D.C.:Death penalty is an act of racism The death penalty in the United States remains an act of racial injustice, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) said in a report on the continuing role of race in...
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Day of action in support of Cintas workers
May 7, 2003NEW YORK – As part of a National Day of Action in support of 17,000 Cintas laundry workers, members of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), with support from Service Employees (SEIU) Local...
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ChoicePoint sells personal data to U.S.
May 7, 2003ChoicePoint, Inc., a data-processing firm, is selling government data bases on residents of 10 Latin American nations to the U.S. government, allowing them to track immigrants entering or living in this country ChoicePoint is notorious for...
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Santorum slammed for anti-gay bigotry
May 7, 2003A firestorm of protest continues to hover around Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) for remarks bashing gays and lesbians. In a long interview with the Associated Press, April 21, Santorum, commenting on a case before the U.S....
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