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Janitors win with picket
July 25, 2002ST. LOUIS – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 50 recently won another victory against Mitch Murch Maintenance Management (4M), a member of the Contract Cleaners Association (CCA). Local 50 has been in contract negotiations...
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Laundry workers demand justice from BBJ
July 25, 2002CHICAGO – “What’s disgusting? Union Busting! What’s outrageous? Sweatshop wages!” chanted 100 BBJ Linen workers and their supporters. The protesters were picketing at the main gate of the Lincoln Park Zoo July 12, while wealthy patrons...
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International notes
July 25, 2002Ecuador: Banana workers fight for union/Vietnam: Gov’t sets 2003 social & economic agenda/Burkina Faso: Thousands march vs. privatization/New Zealand: Unions say overwork hurts families/Cuba: Education a continuing priority
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Wo-Chi-Ca book offers glimpse of camp
July 25, 2002Book ReviewTales of Wo-Chi-Ca: Blacks, Whites and Reds at Camp, by June Levine and Eugene Gordon, Avon Springs Press, 235 pages. There have been a number of books published in recent years that have surveyed the...
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FARC responds to terrorist designation
July 25, 2002In a July 18 statement, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) expressed great appreciation for the European Union’s role in the now-interrupted peace process between the FARC and the Colombian government, as well as...
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