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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
:: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 ::
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on the Bush Administration's 2005 Budget Proposal In order to pay for these tax giveaways to millionaires, the Bush budget cuts funding for worker protection and safety training programs, severely underfunds highway and mass transit projects that could stimulate job growth and fails to provide meaningful solutions to the continuing loss of good jobs.