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Dennis Rivera Named Grand Marshall Of 2008 Puerto Rican Day Parade
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SEIU Chair Dennis Rivera has been named Grand Marshall of this year’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the first time a labor leader has been so honored since the Parade began in 1957. The parade up 5th Avenue in Manhattan will be on Sunday, June 8th. Rivera, until last year the President of 1199SEIU, will be accompanied by an 1199SEIU float and a contingent of 1,000 Union members.

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iSpeak: Sean Bell   Thousands March on Kingsridge Nursing Home to Demand Fair Contract, Benefits

iSpeak: Sean Bell

Last week, three NYC police officers were acquitted of all charges in the killing of Sean Bell and the wounding of two companions the night before Bell was to be married. The police fired 51 bullets into a car carrying the three men, who were unarmed. The killing reminded New Yorkers of the death of Amidou Diallo, also unarmed, who was killed by four policemen firing 40 bullets. Young black men are almost exclusively the victims of such police killings, not only in New York but also New Orleans, Los Angeles, Washington DC and other major cities, while the police are nearly always exonerated. What can be done to stop this? What should be our response to the Sean Bell verdict?

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Thousands March on Kingsridge Nursing Home to Demand Fair Contract, Benefits

Several thousand 1199SEIU members marched through the narrow Bronx streets approaching the Kingsbridge Heights nursing home on May 3, to demand a fair contract with health benefits for their Union sisters and brothers who are in the third month of a strike.

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