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PWW Phone-a-thon: Telemarketing for a cause!

November 28, 2002

So many of us dread those supper-time phone calls that have become a mainstay of capitalism: telemarketing. But let’s face it, every once in a while they may catch us by surprise with a good deal!...

Young Communists march to stop war

November 28, 2002 By Susan Webb

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Chanting “No blood for oil,” “We’re fired up, can’t take it no more,” 150 participants in the Young Communist League (YCL) convention here held a spirited roadside march and rally, Nov. 23, opposing...

Union urges boycott of City Cinema theaters

November 28, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

NEW YORK – Union Local 306 of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents about 1,500 theater workers in the New York City area, is urging moviegoers to boycott City Cinema Theaters to protest...

National Clips

November 28, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

Washington, D.C.: U.S. health care system is in crisis / Baltimore: African Americans remain locked out of banking / Somerset, Pa.: Quecreek miners say TV movie painful but real / Birmingham, Ala.: Working families on the...

UFCW wins against Safeway

November 28, 2002

CHICAGO – United Food and Commercial Workers union Locals 881 and 1546, representing 9,000 employees from more than a hundred Dominick’s Food Stores ratified a contract, Nov. 24, after months of tense negotiations. Safeway, a California...