Legislative and Political Action
28th Annual Chicagoland Toys For Tots Parade!
The largest motorcycle parade in the world. Thousands of motorcycles each with a NEW toy contribution. Your NEW toy donations are welcome (PLEASE NO stuffed animals). Lineup starts...
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Chicago Premiere of New Wal-Mart Movie!
The screening will take place on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 4:15PM at Grace Place at 637 South Dearborn (1 1/2 blocks South of Congress on Dearborn). The public is invited to att...
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Bush's Corporate Cronies Secure Katrina Contracts!
To sweeten the no-competitive-bidding contracts and guarantee an additional layer of profits for the companies that will repair the damage left by the hurricane, Bush signed an exe...
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Katrina's Next Victim - Part 2 By: Rob Sanchez
In Part one of this series, I discussed how the Dept. of Homeland security has waived the I-9 requirement, ostensibly so that flood victims who want a job but can't get documents c...
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Average Workers' Family Coverage $10,880/Year!
The cost of health insurance for working Americans climbed 9.2 percent this year, the lowest rate of increase since 2000 but still far ahead of both general inflation and workers' ...
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Bring Home The Davis-Bacon By: Beth Shulman
Have you no shame? By suspending the Davis-Bacon laws in the areas devastated by the hurricane you are taking advantage of those already suffering. Davis-Bacon laws require federal...
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Hurricane Katrina's Next Victim - American Labor!
So let me spell out what's going on: President Bush has authorized the robber barons to use illegal aliens to rebuild the damage done by Katrina. Bush Inc. won't have to worry abou...
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Bush Bans Davis-Bacon For Katrina Rebuilding!
Apparently nothing, even the greatest natural disaster in the history of the U.S., is allowed to get in the way of GOP President George W. Bush's anti-worker crusade. Link to CFL w...
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Recruit The Chickenhawks!
These are our courageous Chickenhawks?guts enough to send the country to war without ever having to set foot in a combat zone themselves. This is bad enough as it is, but is even w...
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