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May 25, 2002East Timor the world’s newest nation/South Africa celebrates Sisulu’s 90th birthday/South Korean unions threaten strike/Tensions continue over massacre in Kashmir/Australian “anti-terror” legislation dealt setback
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Labor, child advocates assail Jeb Bush
May 25, 2002Florida labor and children’s advocates are opposing Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s rush to privatize the state’s child protective services. Privatization is expected to hand over approximately $233 million in “community-based care” contracts to private groups.
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Bush faces hard questions on 9/11 memos
May 25, 2002Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) called for an independent commission May 21 to investigate what the Bush administration knew about terrorist threats before Sept. 11 and why stronger measures were not taken to avert a...
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Solidarity key as lockout reaches 1,000 days
May 25, 2002MANSFIELD, Ohio – May 4 saw the fifth steelworkers’ rally held here since AKSteel locked out the union workers in 1999. On May 24, the Mansfield lockout turned 1,000 days old. Flanked by expressway on one...
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House bill punishes poor
May 25, 2002WASHINGTON – AFL-CIO President John Sweeney denounced the welfare bill approved by the House May 16 for sharply increasing workfare requirements while scrimping on support services like childcare for the working poor. “Ending poverty for families...
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