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UAW fights for pay, health care, pensions
July 25, 2003Negotiations on a new contract between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers have begun. Most of the speculation in the news media has focused on the so-called “dire straits” that the auto companies...
Read moreGroups break U.S. blockade of Cuba
July 25, 2003It’s been a big week for those seeking an end to the 42-year-old U.S. blockade against socialist Cuba. Openly defying the U.S. embargo, the 14th U.S./Cuba Friendshipment caravan arrived in Havana on July 19 with 80...
Read moreTown meetings oppose Bush drug plan
July 25, 2003NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Unable to get heard on the floor of the House, over 70 members of Congress convened town hall meetings in their home districts over the weekend to expose the truth about the...
Read moreRubber workers fight for jobs, families
July 25, 2003PITTSBURGH – Until there is a flat or a broken belt, usually in the dead of winter, middle of nowhere, tires or rubber belts are not even a blip on the radar. Unless, that is, you’re...
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July 25, 2003CHICAGO, Ill.: Show us the evidence, Mr. President Thirty Chicago aldermen, a majority of the Chicago City Council, signed a letter this week to President Bush urging him to reveal to the nation all the evidence...
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