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    :: Sunday, January 15, 2006 ::

    Direct Action Gets the Goods! IWW Chicago Victory for Unpaid Worker - IWW.org via Chicago Indymedia
    The highly visible protest began at 8 AM, with a small but dedicated group of picketers banging bucket drums, shaking noisemakers, passing out leaflets, and carrying signs reading, “Ideal Car Wash Cheats Workers,” and “An Injury to One is an Injury to All!” Notably, one picketer dressed in a clown costume held a sign reading, “Ideal Bosses Are Bozos!” to mock the clown Ideal usually uses to attract customers.
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