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Merrilee Milstein mourned
June 24, 2008HARTFORD, Conn. — Labor leaders from across the region, state elected officials, friends and family gathered June 12 at UAW Region 9A headquarters here for a memorial service for Merrilee Milstein, long-time union, civil rights and...
Read moreJust say NO to offshore oil drilling
June 20, 2008Greenpeace is calling for signatures on an to McCain, titled “Just Say NO to Offshore Drilling.”
Read moreA small picket line turns into a mass outpouring
June 20, 2008CHICAGO — Sixty striking workers who have been taking turns picketing in front of the Congress Hotel here for the past five years could not conceal their joy June 11 as thousands of trade union and...
Read moreRallies across country slam Big Oil, McCain
June 20, 2008Here’s what Manny Flores, a Laborers Union member in Denver, had to say about the pain many are feeling at the gas pump.
Read moreTop court upholds detainee rights
June 20, 2008Defenders of human rights praised the Supreme Court’s June 12 ruling that hundreds of detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are entitled to a fair trial and other habeas corpus legal rights. Hundreds...
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