Legislative and Political Action
Bring All of Our Troops Home NOW!
VOTE on Tuesday, November 7, 2006! The question is: Do we continue to "Stay The Course" and the Bush policy of "LIE and DIE" or, face reality and BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW! View Vi...
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Candidate-Veteran Duckworth Blasts Bush on Iraq!
"Duckworth, who copiloted a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed while under a rocket grenade attack almost two years ago, also criticized Bush and others in his administration for a...
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" NEW " Early Voting In Illinois Elections!
Many registered voters in Illinois are unable to vote in person at the polling place on election day. Early voting was created to allow the voter to vote in a designated polling pl...
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2006 Pension Reform Act
VP Rosen asked that I send out highlights of the new Pension Protection Act of 2006. I have worked with Bob Patrician/CWA Research and have enclosed them. While I don?t have all of...
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Daley's Big-Box Veto Sticks!
"Mayor Richard Daley demonstrated his political muscle on Wednesday, bucking proponents of the "big-box" minimum wage ordinance and making his veto of the measure stick. Daley pers...
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Say Yes To Living Wage In Chicago!
Rally to support the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 outside of the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, followed by a march to City Hall. Even though ...
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Are Unions Giving Up Too Easy In Fight For Big-Box Workers?
"As for the real labor of organizing and of arguing the value of unions to a dubious public, that's too much trouble. The unions have folded the tent, conceded defeat, and look to ...
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Chicago City Council Passes Big Box Ordinance!
?This afternoon, the Chicago City Council took the historic step of passing the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance requiring large, profitable retailers with stores larger than 90,000 a...
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CWA District 4 Member Political Action Survey!
The November 2006 midterm elections are some of the most critical elections in our lifetime. The votes you cast in these elections will determine our standard of living for many y...
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Illegal Hiring Is Rarely Penalized!
"Between 1999 and 2003, work-site enforcement operations were scaled back 95 percent by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which subsequently was merged into the Homeland ...
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CWA National - News from the Front Lines
