Detained Jersey Teachers Lead Mass Lockup in Disobedience
In Middletown Township New Jersey more than 160 striking teachers were jailed for violating a back to work order. The mass detention marks the largest such action since 1978 with up to 600 more potential cases and highlights a bitter dispute over health care premium increases.
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Freehold
N.J
Barbara Guenther
Sher
Arline Corbett
Steve Antonucci
Middletown Township
South Tigers
New Jersey
Bridgeport
Conn
National Education Association
Darryl Figueroa
Board of Education
Jack DeTalvo
Guenther
Superior Court
Ira Kreizman
Clarkson Fisher Jr
Fisher
Kate Cosgrove
Sheriff's Department
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AFL-CIO labor convention weighs recession and rifts amid amnesty push
In Las Vegas AFL-CIO delegates set organizing and political goals while facing membership decline and a recession. The resolution calling for amnesty for about 7 million illegal immigrants marks a first for the federation. Economic strains, internal splits, and Bush wartime popularity could hinder progress as manufacturing jobs fall and NAFTA revisions are urged.
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Las Vegas
Afl-Cio
United States
Labor Federation
Aflcio
Federation
Congress
Teamsters
Bush
Alaska
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
United Brotherhood of Carpenters