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Rising fuel costs alarm Kentuckys workers
September 9, 2005OWENSBORO, Ky. — As residents of Daviess County watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, they had no way of knowing how quickly they would also feel the impact of this disastrous storm...
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CPUSA demands federal support for Katrina survivors
September 9, 2005The Communist Party USA reacted with outrage and sorrow to the tragedy inflicted on the people of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, a tragedy compounded by what it called the “slow motion” response of the...
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NYU grad students demand fair contract
September 9, 2005NEW YORK — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney was arrested along with over 80 others, including top labor leaders, elected officials and rank-and-file activists, in a civil disobedience action Aug. 31 supporting GSOC/UAW Local 2110, the graduate...
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Boeing strikers see no reason for takeaways
September 9, 2005Over 18,000 aircraft workers in Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan., hit the picket lines Sept. 2 rather than accept takeaways insisted on by Boeing Corporation. The company took in $1.87 billion in profits last year,...
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Labor Day in Pittsburgh with the PWW
September 9, 2005You should have been there! We had a great Labor Day Parade — with all the unions, including SEIU and the Teamsters. In all, about 65,000 union members march in the ’Burgh. Pittsburgh is usually the...
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