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  • Families of military personnel and veterans speak out against war

    Families of military personnel and veterans speak out against war

    March 14, 2003 By Hans Lebrecht

    The world has been galvanized into action against the Bush administration’s drive to war with Iraq. This is no less true in the United States. In all sectors of the U.S. population you will find anti-war...

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  • There is no good news

    There is no good news

    March 14, 2003

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ unemployment report for February reminds one of the nightly radio broadcast by the London correspondent of CBS News in the early days of World War II. “There is no good news,...

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  • The health bridge is falling down

    The health bridge is falling down

    March 14, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    Ever heard of COBRA? You probably have if you lost a job and were offered the opportunity to keep your health coverage. Under the 1986 Consolidated Omnibus Benefit Reconciliation Act (COBRA), workers who are laid off...

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  • State employees win union rights

    State employees win union rights

    March 14, 2003

    ALBUQUERQUE – After 10 years of bitter struggle, New Mexico state employees finally won back their collective bargaining rights when Governor Bill Richardson signed into law these rights at a Round House Ceremony, March 7. Present...

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  • WOMENS HISTORY MONTH: I helped organize the CIO

    WOMENS HISTORY MONTH: I helped organize the CIO

    March 14, 2003 By Beatrice Lumpkin

    I was not quite 19 but I answered the call to help organize the laundry workers of New York City. In two months, our staff of 30, half of us Communists, organized 20,000 workers.

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