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Rubber workers fight for jobs, families

July 25, 2003

PITTSBURGH – Until there is a flat or a broken belt, usually in the dead of winter, middle of nowhere, tires or rubber belts are not even a blip on the radar. Unless, that is, you’re...

National Clips

July 25, 2003

CHICAGO, Ill.: Show us the evidence, Mr. President Thirty Chicago aldermen, a majority of the Chicago City Council, signed a letter this week to President Bush urging him to reveal to the nation all the evidence...

La Raza calls for massive voter turnout

July 25, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas – Calling George W. Bush’s campaign promises “a false image, a mirage,” Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), called on Latinos in the United States to register and vote...

Bush warhawks beg UN for help

July 25, 2003 By Susan Webb

The Bush administration, which thumbed its nose at the United Nations before the Iraq war, has now been forced to beg the UN for help with its foundering occupation.

86,000 telecom workers OK strike against Verizon

July 25, 2003

A major labor struggle is now under way in the eastern U.S., pitting 60,000 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and 26,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) against the communications...