Word: picketer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...picket-wielding, slogan-chanting crowd of 60 marched from the Holyoke Center to the Biological Labs on Divinity Avenue yesterday in a rally to support four Latino Harvard workers. The four employees were given layoff notices in October which were later rescinded by the University for the time being. The workers, who were also present at the rally, allege that their intended layoffs from their jobs washing cages at the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) department were motivated by race. “Harvard, listen! We are in the fight!” the protesters chanted in Spanish. The lunchtime...
...childcare shambles and extreme industrial relations laws. What does Beazley Labor stand for? Investing in the future; a fair reward for effort; building up the nation; a cleaner environment; regional security; Australian values. Howard would feel comfortable with that list?sometimes the two leaders stand behind the same white picket fence. Of course, it's the actual policies that have to pass muster, first with the professional scrutinizers and then with voters. The tighter the fit between the oratory and what Beazley puts on the table, the better chance Labor will have of securing its base and winning new voters...
...tries to help carry forward the left's great struggle: "To translate what can often sound high falutin' into things that are concrete and connected to people's lives." His activism is driven by a faith in justice. Gurr records his encounters with the solid union men of the picket lines and with old-fashioned Christians who inspire him because of "their lack of embarrassment about wanting to do good in the world." He's scathing about those from the mall churches: "It's interesting how rarely you hear them speaking about the poor, the downtrodden, the foolish...
...during the 1970s and 1980s, but that doesn't explain what has happened since then. Also keep in mind that getting divorced doesn't mean you are divorced-forever-after; about two-thirds of those who divorce will remarry, jumping back to the "married household" side of the white picket fence...
...colorful protest by the peace activists included a picket line, complete with a call-and-response. Later, protestors smeared themselves with fake blood and lied down on the pavement, slightly impeding the flow of students into the athletic complex...