National
Show us the jobs bus on eight state tour
March 26, 2004Fifty-one people with 51 stories of their jobless dilemmas hit the road March 24 on an AFL-CIO-sponsored “Show us the jobs” bus tour.
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LABOR UPDATE
March 26, 2004USWA and PACE forge ‘strategic alliance” Formalizing cooperative activities already underway, the executive boards of United Steelworkers of America and Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy International Union (PACE) agreed to combine forces to conduct joint activities....
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National Clips
March 26, 2004SEATTLE: Profits vs. jobs, environment Patrick Grennen, a 31-year veteran tankerman, was working alone transferring 23,700 barrels of oil to a 248-foot barge for Foss Maritime Company in December 2003. The amount was 300 barrels short...
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Carolina marchers call for peace now
March 26, 2004FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Nothing could be finer than to be in North Carolina March 20 when the crab apples were in bloom and more than 800 people marched through town chanting, “Bring the troops home, now!”...
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Indiana unions support HR 676
March 26, 2004Resolutions supporting HR 676, the “Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” have been unanimously passed by two labor bodies here in Northwest Indiana in the past two weeks. The first was on March 4 by...
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