Hunger strike spotlights Florida tomato worker wages
Immokalee farmworkers press for a 60 cent per bucket raise from 40 cents, amid a hunger strike that began December 20. Coalition says wages have stagnated for 20 years while growers claim hourly pay ranges from 6 to 16 dollars with an average annual salary near 16,640. Living conditions are dire with crowded trailers and shacks, high rents, and little personal space as talks with growers stall and governor Lawton Chiles asks for negotiations.
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New Indian gambling chief wins cautious praise in Washington
President Clinton appointed Johnson to lead the National Indian Gaming Commission, a year long post with five investigators overseeing a $6 billion industry. A Chippewa lawyer from Minnesota, he faces tribal and congressional scrutiny while promising to enforce compliance and balance tribal and federal aims.
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White House
National Gambling Impact Study Commission
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Capitol Hill
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St. Paul, Minn
Radio host Bob Grant invited to King birthday dinner
In New York AP report Bob Grant who once called Martin Luther King Jr a bum and slimeball will attend CORE and Roy Innis led fund raising dinner in King's memory. Grant says his views have softened since 1992 though he won’t apologise. The CORE dinner on King holiday features Don King Samuel L. Jackson and Marcia Clark among guests with tickets up to 500.
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Ron Brown
WORAM
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Samuel L. Jackson
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