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Houston prepares for Freedom Ride

July 11, 2003

According to organizer Maria Jimenez, the scene looked like an old-fashioned pep rally for Flag Day in Houston as the Wood Forest High School marching band warmed up the crowd in the huge Electrical Workers Union...

Parents fight Jebs biased test

July 11, 2003

At least 43,000 third-graders and 12,000 high school seniors failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) this past May, triggering an angry protest movement by parents, students, and their supporters demanding that Gov. Jeb Bush suspend...

White House lied to sell Iraq war

July 11, 2003

The White House finally admitted this week that it played fast and loose with the truth in President Bush’s State of the Union address. Bush claimed the British government had discovered that Iraq attempted to obtain...

World/Mundo names Wood labor editor

July 10, 2003

Roberta “Bobbie” Wood, 54, was recently named labor editor by the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo editorial board. Wood, a retired jouneyman instrument mechanic and member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 9, is legislative vice-president...

Union solidarity gets the job done!

July 4, 2003

Workers’ correspondence Creative tactics on the part of 360 workers at Johanna Foods’ Flemington, N.J., plant, overcame a “take it or leave it” proposal by company president Robert Fascina that included a new 50 percent co-pay...