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Nov. 5: A referendum on Bush policies
October 25, 2002Commentary These are not ordinary times. And Nov. 5 – Election Day – is no ordinary day. This election more than any in recent memory offers voters an unparalleled opportunity to strike a blow against the...
Read moreILWU to Bush: We wont let you take waterfront from us
October 25, 2002LOS ANGELES – International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) President James Spinosa and AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka both spoke at the Oct. 22 general membership meeting of ILWU Local 13 where nearly 2,000 members packed...
Read moreACLU presses Safe and Free campaign
October 25, 2002WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is mobilizing its 53 chapters and 300,000 members in a campaign to keep the nation “Safe and Free” from attacks on constitutional rights by the Bush administration. The...
Read moreAFL-CIO questions war on Iraq
October 25, 2002Growing grassroots opposition to President Bush’s drive to war with Iraq found expression in the leadership ranks of the labor movement earlier this month when AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told members of Congress that war should...
Read moreTurnout key in dead-heat elections
October 25, 2002We are “One Vote Away” from right-wing control of all three branches of the federal government warns People For the American Way (PFAW) in a television ad being aired in states where Senate races are too...
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