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Into the Darkness by William Rivers Pitt

"The destruction of Saddam Hussein will do nothing, zero, zip, zilch, nada, to protect America. It will place America and her citizens in further peril. We stand alone and naked to...

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CASH BALANCE PENSION PLAN ALERT!

Protect your pension! Please make your voice heard on this important issue. Take this link to the AARP web site to contact your member of Congress NOW!...

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3/17/03 Bye - Bye Pension

Soon hundreds of corporations may slash pensions by as much as half. By law, cutting future pension benefits is perfectly legal, as long as the cuts apply equally to all plan parti...

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Schwab to End Match to 401K Plan!

Companies chose to eliminate 401K matching funds rather than layoff and/or increase health care contributions.. Download pdf file of New York Times Online News of March 14, 2003....

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CWA/AT$T ARBITRATION CASE - PIP-WIN!

Download pdf file of Arbitrator Thomas F. Cary's decision overturning the dismissal of an AT$T member who was placed in a Performance Improvement Program (PIP). Please read careful...

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UCAN! - Union Activist Training Program!

The Chicago Federation of Labor will conduct a FREE training program geared for unionists who want to make a difference and help to strengthen their local unions and communities......

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3/8/03 - CHICAGO LABOR PEACE RALLY SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2003

Will be held at the Daley Center Plaza (Washington & Dearborn), at 2:00PM, Sunday March 16, 2003. Be there for the midwest's largest peace rally yet. Download pdf file containing a...

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3/6/03 - Papal Envoy Meets Bush, Reiterates Pope's Opposition to War With Iraq!

"The Vatican maintains that there is no moral justification for war against Iraq." Download full article in pdf format. ...

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3/6/03 - Class Warfare, Bush-Style!

While the nation's attention is rivited by the inexorable march to War Against Iraq, the Bush administration has quietly opened a new front in the relentless, largely covert War it...

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3/6/03 - F.B.I. Special Agent's Letter to Director Mueller!

Following is the full text from a Feb. 26th letter to Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. from Special Agent Coleen Rowley of the bureau's field office in Minneapolis. ...

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