Joelle Fishman
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joelle Fishman
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Opinion
Historic battle for voting rights is front and center
May 29, 2012Newly elected Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merril, a Democrat, was stunned to discover that her Republican counterparts across the country were all focused on how to keep the number of voters down in their states.
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Labor
Home care workers win union rights
May 11, 2012Home care workers hugge and cheered when the State Senate voted in favor of granting home health care and child care workers collective bargaining.
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Labor
2,000 march in New Haven for jobs pipeline
April 30, 2012The movement in New Haven for jobs, youth opportunity, and an end to violence filled the streets with a march of 2,000 last week.
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U.S.
Seniors rally for fairness and dignity
April 25, 2012"The fight for Social Security and Medicare is part of a larger fight for justice and fairness."
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Labor
Jobs pipeline offers hope
April 16, 2012Youth, the unemployed, elected officials, educators, union leaders, and the business community were all represented at a public hearing.
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Labor
CWA rallies for contracts at AT&T
April 9, 2012Hundreds of AT&T workers and their families filled the New Haven Green Saturday with a sea of red t-shirts and Communications Workers of America signs.
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U.S.
“Hoodies Up” march for Trayvon Martin
April 2, 2012A "Hoodies Up" march and rally of nearly 1,000 filled the streets of New Haven Saturday calling for justice for Trayvon Martin.
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Opinion
A wake up call to vote
March 23, 2012Trayvon lives in the remarkable outpouring of sorrow and outrage demanding justice in the case.
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