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Bolstered by a steadily growing "tent city" of supporters and impromptu messages from U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.), former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney, PSLM members said they plan to occupy the building indefinitely-until the administration grants Harvard employees a living wage of at least $10.25 per hour...
Similarly, Sweeney called the supporters "courageous" in a phone call to the building Friday to endorse...
Similarly, AFL-CIO Union President John Sweeney called the supporters "courageous" in a phone call to the building-one of many union voices heard yesterday...
Cornell mounted its final serious threat in the top of the fifth when Thoke walked the bases loaded with no outs. But she escaped the jam when she fielded a Christina Trout line drive and threw to home to get Erin Sweeney out at the plate. Thoke then struck out the next batter to shut down the rally...
...president John Sweeney, has poured resources into organizing efforts heavily focused on immigrants, such as the ongoing campaign by the United Farm Workers to sign up strawberry pickers in California, and the Service Employees International Union's successful drive to enroll 74,000 Los Angeles home-care workers, many of them undocumented. Last year the AFL-CIO reversed its longtime support of sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants and called for an amnesty that would give legal residency to millions of such aliens who are already here. It added that "courageous undocumented workers who come forward to assert their...