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Last fall, the Harvard janitors kicked off their contract campaign, naming it Unidad y Acción (Unity and Action). This past Thursday, they marched with students to University President Lawrence H. Summers’ mansion to demonstrate this unity. Together we demanded a just contract, complete with significant wage raises and affordable health benefits. Now, in the face of Harvard’s obstinacy and arrogance at the bargaining table, janitors—with student support—are escalating their tactics and taking action to achieve all that has been fought for over the last three years...
...interests, Barbour was also raising at least $250,000 for a May 21 G.O.P. gala honoring President Bush. The group of utilities Barbour was representing, led by Southern Co., gave $150,000 to the event. The night before the gala, Cheney held a glitzy reception at the vice-presidential mansion for hundreds of the fete's sponsors and longtime party donors...
...energy interests, Barbour was also raising at least $250,000 for a May 21 G.O.P.gala honoring President Bush. The group of utilities Barbour was representing, led by Southern Co., gave $150,000 to the event. The night before the gala, Cheney held a glitzy reception at the vice-presidential mansion for hundreds of the fete's sponsors and longtime party donors...
...considered decision to avoid the issue altogether during your presidential campaign - you've decided the time is ripe to establish yourself as the anti-abortion President. Wait, now, let me think? ah, yes. We remember you: You're the guy who spent his time in the Texas governor's mansion vowing to end legal abortion. You'll have to forgive us for not remembering your deep-seated passion for the topic; after all, it has been nearly a year since you've mentioned the plight of America's fetuses - seems you were busy doing other things, like addressing gaping holes...
...York Times's Thomas Friedman, who last week scolded the Veep for his "continued cave dwelling." Is he really in hiding? For much of last week, according to Mary Matalin, Cheney's political counselor, he was in plain sight in Washington, living at the Vice President's mansion with his wife, even working out of his office in the West Wing of the White House. "It's just silly," she says of the calls for her boss to emerge. "I guess he'll have to run a marathon or something to prove he's not hiding...