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January 23, 2004CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas: Wal-Mart locks up workers With 1.2 million workers in 3,500 stores, Wal-Mart has hit upon a trick to increase their profits which even its competitors condemn. The mega-store locks in workers overnight in...
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Texans battle for voting rights
January 23, 2004When a Republican District Attorney in Waller County, Texas wrote a letter claiming that students at Prairie View A&M University, which has an almost totally African American student population, did not necessarily have the right to...
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Labors Trumka takes Safeway picket nationwide
January 23, 2004Launching a campaign to go nationwide and all-union with the Southern California grocery strike, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka met with representatives from 50 city and state labor councils in Washington Jan. 20. Trumka, who directs the...
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Iowa caucuses show resolve to oust Bush
January 23, 2004DES MOINES, Iowa – A near record 122,000 Iowans braved bitter cold here Jan. 19 to attend Democratic caucus meetings in a dramatic display of their determination to defeat George W. Bush Nov. 2. On the...
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31 years after Roe v. Wade: New generation redefines pro-choice
January 23, 2004With its Jan. 22, 1973, ruling that abortion could no longer be illegal, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era for the rights of women, children and families.
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