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Labor Mourns Louisville Striker Michelle Rodgers
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February 6, 2003
The tragic death of Kjeston Michelle Rodgers, struck by a police car while picketing the GE Appliance plant in Louisville, Ky., saddened the entire labor movement.
GE Strike Turns National Spotlight on Soaring Health Costs: IUE-CWA and UE Picket Lines Shut 64 Plan
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February 6, 2003
In the first national strike against General Electric Co.
Death Threats a Fact of Life for Colombian Unions: District 1 Solidarity Fund Sponsors Activist's U.
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February 6, 2003
"My union president was assassinated with seven bullets in front of the workers," Colombian trade unionist Hector Giraldo told CWA Local 1180 members. "Then they said they were going to kill me."
CWA Cites Flaws in Smallpox Inoculation Plan
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February 6, 2003
In a letter to President Bush, CWA President Morton Bahr outlined serious concerns about the safety and effectiveness of the plan to inoculate health care, public safety and other civilian professionals against smallpox and called for a delay in the vaccination effort.