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Mexican maquila workers visit Louisville
June 21, 2002LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisvillians gathered at the Steelworkers Local 106 Hall June 7 to welcome Mexican workers who came to tell what happens with Kentucky jobs once they cross the border. It wasn’t the first time...
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Did Ross Perot help Enron bilk California?
June 21, 2002WASHINGTON – The Bush administration and the rightwing GOP leadership on Capitol Hill have quietly shelved any tough legislation to curb Enron-style corporate abuses, yet new disclosures keep popping up. The latest was a 44-page document,...
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Homeland Security doesnt mean union busting
June 21, 2002Dangerous men like John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge have been loosed on the American people. They are the bent personalities that front the most sweeping attack on civil and democratic rights since the McCarthy red scare...
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AKSteel workers win victory on tax abatement
June 21, 2002Locked out Armco-Kawasaki (AK) steelworkers in Mansfield, Ohio won a significant victory last week when the city council voted against renegotiaing with AKSteel on its 1995 tax-abatement agreement with the city. Locked-out members of United Steelworkers...
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Who is really in charge of national security?
June 21, 2002Taking a cue from Ronald Reagan’s reign, George W. is looking into ways to privatize the air traffic controllers. Ronald Reagan started his anti-labor presidency by busting the air traffic controllers’ union, PATCO.
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