Dodd Writes Rail Labor RE: WAR
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On: Feb 07, 2010 (15:48:00)
February 3, 2010 General Chairman Dodd's letter to Rail Union Officers and Activists in connection with the Wars and Occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, calling on Rail Labor to stand in solidarity and support measures that would end the wars and return the troops. What did you do during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Did you say nothing or do nothing? Or did you stand up and oppose these illegal and unjust actions in every way you could? The workers must demand the end of war and the return of dignity to the American people and to those we have occupied. Read Letter...
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Mouseland
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On: Jan 25, 2010 (07:39:00)
It's the story of a place called Mouseland. Mouseland was a place where all the little mice lived and played, were born and died. And they lived much the same as you and I do.They even had a Parliament. And every four years they had an election. Used to walk to the polls and cast their ballots. Some of them even got a ride to the polls. And got a ride for the next four years afterwards too
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HAITI - Acute Emergency, Chronic Disaster
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On: Jan 18, 2010 (14:41:00)
On a good day people in Haiti die from malnutrition, lack of clean water, and from easily treatable health problems. Now a major earthquake has killed tens of thousands outright and left both grand institutional structures and flimsy shantytowns destroyed. An infrastructure already failed prior to the natural calamity is leading to deadly delays in rescue and relief efforts
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Richard Trumka on Jobs, Healthcare, More
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On: Jan 17, 2010 (13:55:00)
January 11, 2010 - Richard L. Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO - Everywhere I went, people asked me, why do so many of the people we elect seem to care only about Wall Street? Why is helping banks a matter of urgency, but unemployment is something we just have to live with? Why don’t we make anything in America anymore? And why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees Americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? Read More...
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Why America Needs Trains
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On: Jan 05, 2010 (22:57:00)
Vice President Joe Biden - One of the Capitol Hill newspapers estimated that I've taken more than 7,000 round trips on Amtrak over the course of my career. But the one I made on Jan. 17, 2009 was a bit different. When I got there, there were 8,000 people standing in the freezing cold. And I wasn't racing to reach the 7:46 a.m. Metroliner (later, the Acela) that I had taken thousands of times before. Read More...
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