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

    :: Thursday, March 03, 2005 ::

    Unions vow to press for reform By William Glanz, The Washington Times
    Union leaders feel strongly that they are embracing a reformist agenda. Perhaps grudgingly, they credit Mr. Stern with forcing them to deal with difficult issues of reform.

    The departure of the SEIU would have been the first major defection since the United Brotherhood of Carpenters quit in 2001 because union President Douglas McCarron disapproved of Mr. Sweeney's policies.
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