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Teamsters, Kucinich team up vs. union-busting
February 29, 2008CLEVELAND — Congressman Dennis Kucinich has gotten behind embattled truck drivers and warehouse workers fighting to recover jobs from a union-busting beer distributor. When Superior Beverage took over the delivery contracts in the Cleveland area for...
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Black History celebration looks to future
February 29, 2008OAKLAND. Calif. — Beneath a bright cluster of black, red, gold and green balloons, history was coming to life. His mostly youthful audience sat spellbound as civil rights movement veteran and retired attorney Jim McWilliams told...
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Health care union kicks off united bargaining
February 29, 2008Goal: better care for patients, conditions for workersOAKLAND, Calif. — Health care workers represented by United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) kicked off their campaign to renegotiate nearly 200 hospital and nursing home contracts covering over 75,000 workers...
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Warning: SAVE Act goes wrong way on immigration
February 29, 2008WASHINGTON — The Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE) is an enforcement only, anti-immigrant bill that will make life worse for immigrants and their families while doing nothing to solve our country’s undocumented immigration...
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Edwards joins new antiwar campaign
February 29, 2008Former presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth joined MoveOn.org, the Service Employees union, VoteVets.org and other groups Feb. 25 in launching a $20 million Iraq/Recession Campaign that will target war hawk Republican presidential candidate...
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