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Detroit Rally In Support Of Striking Newspaper Workers

StoryJune 23, 1997
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More than 100,000 labor activists rallied in Detroit this Weekend in support of the close to 2000 striking Detroit News and Detroit Free Press workers. The AFL-CIO leadership was there including John Sweeney and Richard Trumka

Guest: Bob Ourlian is a striking Detroit News reporter

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