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Californians protest vs. Wal-Mart

February 11, 2005

The giant retailer Wal-Mart has set its sights on Rosemead, Calif., a small working-class city on the east side of Los Angeles. What concerns the labor movement most is that this time Wal-Mart seeks to build...

Dont ask, dont tell challenged

February 11, 2005

On the heels of a State of the Union address supporting a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, the Bush administration has asked the U.S. District Court in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the...

New Yorkers rally for affordable housing

February 11, 2005

NEW YORK — On Feb. 2 more than 5,000 people took part in a “Housing Here and Now!” rally outside of City Hall. It was the largest show of support for affordable housing the city has...

Social Security and Calif. pensions facing very similar threats

February 11, 2005

As California labor and community organizations mobilize to uphold Social Security, they are seeing a related development in the concerted drive by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to privatize new state workers’ pensions and eliminate state contributions to...

Protesters say turn on the heat

February 11, 2005

CHICAGO — Angry city residents suffering without heat have joined advocates for low-income energy assistance to hold numerous protests to get household heat turned back on in thousands of homes across Chicago. On Jan. 18 they...