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V&V workers win union

November 29, 2001

CHICAGO, Ill. – “This is a perfect example that if we stay united in battle we will win the war! Si se puede!” declared Teamsters Local 703 Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Stiede to a jubilant victory celebration here...

Steelworkers face unprecedented crisis

November 29, 2001 By Conn Hallinan

PITTSBURGH – Members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) began pouring the World Trade Center steel in 1966. Union construction workers finished the job in 1970.

Afghanistans future debated in Bonn

November 29, 2001

The United Nations convened its first formal talks on a post-Taliban transitional government in Afghanistan Nov. 27.

In memory of a seafaring man Roy Rydell Feb. 15, 1919-Nov. 20, 2001

November 29, 2001 By Fred Gaboury

NEW YORK – Roy Rydell, a member of the People’s Weekly World editorial board, died here Nov. 20. He would have been 83 on Feb. 15.

What I wish I had said on Veterans Day

November 22, 2001

Last Veterans Day, I was in a nursing home with a broken ankle, and all us war veterans were invited to a meeting in the day room. We had the usual inspirational patriotic songs and then...