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New Yorkers step up call for safer subways
July 15, 2005NEW YORK — After the devastating attacks on London’s mass transit system earlier this month, New York City’s subway workers, riders and city officials have taken the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) to task for failing to...
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Minnesota unionists appeal for unity
July 15, 2005MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) — Concerned that rancorous debate among national unions could irreparably harm the future of the labor movement, Minnesota unionists are issuing a call for unity.
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London unites against terror and war
July 15, 2005As the death toll from the July 7 terrorist bombings in London climbed to 52, labor and antiwar groups voiced anger and revulsion against both terrorism and the Iraq war. London Mayor Ken Livingstone, the British...
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Folks back home defend Social Security from Republicans
July 15, 2005PITTSBURGH — “Dear congressperson: What part of ‘no privatization, no private accounts to replace Social Security’ don’t you understand?” From Louisiana to Illinois, that message rang out in the voices of “the folks back home” in...
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Pressure mounts: Fire Karl Rove!
July 15, 2005WASHINGTON — A grim silence fell on the White House this week as reporters pummeled administration spokesmen with questions about Karl Rove’s role in blowing the cover of Valerie Plame, a CIA covert agent, two years...
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