National
ILWU rep brings greetings from Danny Glover to CBTU
May 30, 2003Clarence Thomas, executive board member of CBTU Northern California and executive board member of ILWU Local 10, read Danny Glover’s greetings to the CBTU convention. Thomas and Glover were students together at San Francisco State University....
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CBTU calls for Bush defeat
May 30, 2003SAN FRANCISCO – A defiant William “Bill” Lucy, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), blasted the policies of the Bush administration in his keynote speech to the more than 1,400 delegates attending the...
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Defense CEOs getting more bucks for the bang
May 30, 2003Opinion In 1940, on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, President Roosevelt warned, “I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world...
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NY budget battle: Much to celebrate and more struggles ahead
May 30, 2003Opinion Many are calling what has taken place in New York’s budget battle “historic.” Should we declare it a victory? What’s ahead for working people in our state? A powerful, sustained outpouring of protest from every...
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Is Cheney the new EPA chief?
May 30, 2003Opinion Gov. Christine Todd Whitman stepped down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency May 21, praising President Bush for his commitment to “innovative, effective” environmental policies in a farewell note. But rumor has it that...
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