U.S.
Bush guest worker plan criticized
February 3, 2006“I do not believe any guest worker program ought to contain amnesty,” President Bush emphasized at a press conference at Kansas State University Jan. 23. Bush made it clear in extended remarks that harsher enforcement policies...
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Black Caucus: Together we can take America back
February 3, 2006Working together, ordinary Americans can take back the country’s economic, political and human rights agenda, members of Congress told activists and community leaders at a Jan. 28 community forum sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Political,...
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States move to boost minimum wage
January 27, 2006Congress has frozen the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour for nine years, but state legislatures have taken action to boost that minimum locally. On Jan. 17, Maryland became the 18th state to do so...
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Pennsylvanians press for minimum wage increase
January 27, 2006The signs filling the Capitol Rotunda here told the story: “We Want Fair Wages,” “Help the Working Poor,” and “Vote Now!” For the third time in seven months a broad coalition of labor, community and religious...
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Young communists hold national school
January 27, 2006Over a dozen members of the Young Communist League USA participated in a seven-day National Youth School facilitated by four leading members of the Communist Party USA here during the week of Jan. 8-14.
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