Labor
Philly workers rally to defend contracts
July 16, 2004PHILADELPHIA – The City Council’s passage of a $3.4 billion budget on June 11, a budget that includes steep cuts in a local income tax that funds many municipal services, has prompted anxiety and anger among...
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NYC labor to protest at GOP convention
July 16, 2004NEW YORK – In a break from a more than 20-year tradition, this city’s labor movement will forego its usual celebratory parade and instead hold a Labor Day protest of the Bush administration in front of...
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Midwest vote project in high gear
July 15, 2004ST. LOUIS – This Fourth of July, activists from across the country joined activists here, workers to defeat George W. Bush in this battleground state. Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and Young Communist League (YCL) members, alongside...
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Economy, war heat up Ohio battleground
July 15, 2004MASSILLON, Ohio – A standing-room-only crowd of 4,500 crammed into the Perry High School auditorium here June 25 to greet Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and to rally for jobs. Hundreds more waited outside, hoping for...
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Unions slam war, call for Bush ouster
July 2, 2004SAN FRANCISCO – Delegates to conventions of two of the nation’s largest unions last week cheered as their leaders blasted George W. Bush for lying to justify war on Iraq and for torture of Iraqi detainees....
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