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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
:: Friday, February 20, 2004 ::
Bush team makes case for recovery By KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian
Labor union protesters, including members of Clark County Carpenters Local 1715, staked out the entrance to the suburban Portland campus on Wednesday with picket signs and banners that said "Stop Corporate Greed." Monte Frazier, an unemployed carpenter from Vancouver, said he opposed cuts in unemployment benefits and the export of American jobs overseas.
"Bush's job recovery isn't getting it done for working people," said Jerry Auvil, organizer for the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters. "His rules on overtime are really hurting the working class."