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Chicago Big Box Living Wage Rally - April 26, 2006!

On Wednesday, April 26,2006 at 9:15 AM, there will be a rally at Thompson Center (Clark and Randolph) in support of the Big Box Living Wage ordinance currently before the Chicago C...

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Standing for Stronger Borders and Against Amnesty!

In the Senate on April 4, Senator Byrd talked about the dangers of granting amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States. There are millions of people waiting in line in thei...

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Immigration Reform that Respects Workers' Rights!

Adopted by the CWA Executive Board April 18, 2006. America needs and deserves an immigration policy that protects all workers within our borders ? both native-born and immigrant ? ...

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Tuning In to Anger on Immigration!

"Tancredo helped to shape a House bill, approved in December, that would impose stiff penalties on employers who hire illegal workers and would require businesses to eventually run...

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Radioactive Sources Transported Across Our Borders!

This report responds to a Congressional request that we investigate potential security weaknesses related to the installation of radiation detection equipment at U.S. ports of entr...

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Unions Try to Get a Grip in New Economy

"Unions provide a check on employers who are already outsourcing jobs and boosting corporate profits faster than they're raising workers' wages. They fear U.S. living standards wil...

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Lucent Talks Raise Issue of Security!

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, overseen by the Treasury Department, reviews deals that give foreigners control over operations involving classified matte...

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2005 Report On America's Immigrant Population!

Download a December 2005 report by the Center For Immigration Studies (CIS) in PDF format....

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Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN!

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality ...

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AFL-CIO Statement On Reform of Immigration Law!

"We are not a nation of "guests", who, by definition, have only short-term and short-lived interests, but a nation of people who believe in investing in our communities, in our fut...

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