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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Thursday, December 18, 2003 ::

    Hazardous Labor by Tom Robbins, The Village Voice
    Nothing illustrates just how messy democracy can be like a good old-fashioned internal union fight. And the bitter rift that has erupted within the 2,000-member union representing the city's asbestos removal workers is a prime exhibit.
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