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Dont get sick

July 2, 2004 By Julia Lutsky

Each year 2.7 million federal workers are guaranteed 13 days of paid sick time. Many state employees are guaranteed the same or even more.

Labor, community defeat L.A. County budget cuts

July 2, 2004 By Joseph Hancock

LOS ANGLES – Led by Service Employees International Union Local 660, the labor movement and the community have defeated proposals for drastic cuts in public services in Los Angeles County.

School unions rally to stop 3,200 layoffs

July 2, 2004

DETROIT – Over 800 members of the Coalition of Detroit Public Schools Unions rallied at the Detroit Public Schools Board meeting on June 17 to protest the board’s plan to lay off 3,200 workers, including 900...

David vs. Goliath in Evergreen State

July 2, 2004

EVERETT, Wash. – A small public utility district here with 290,000 customers has been catapulted into national prominence by lifting the curtain on Enron energy traders gleefully conspiring to steal money from “those poor grandmothers in...

Congress OKs massive theft of Native land

July 2, 2004

The “Western Shoshone Distribution Bill” (S 618/HR 884) has passed both houses of Congress and is on its way to the Bush administration for signature. The bill would authorize a payout to the Western Shoshone Indian...