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Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt
Nov06
Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.
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After gang rape, Richmond students come together for healing
Nov04
The white streamers were everywhere ― worn as armbands, headbands, neckties, leg-bands ― as hundreds of Richmond High School students gathered on the football field.
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Elections yield both good news and bad
Nov04
The early news was not good for liberals and progressives, but it got better as the night wore on.
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USW vs. Georgia Pacific: another ‘Employee Free Choice’ moment
Nov04
WHEATFIELD, Ind. — United Steelworkers and retirees from around Indiana and Illinois came to this rural area here Nov.3 to show support for their union at Georgia Pacific's wallboard plant there.
In Thompson's defeat, seeds of future victory
It would be a mistake to classify Bloomberg's November 4 mayoral reelection win as anything but a defeat for the working people of New York City
Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning
SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.
Asian natural disasters: A harbinger of things to come?
In a span of 5 weeks earthquakes, floods, mudslides, typhoons and tsunamis swept through 10 nations leaving thousands of people dead and rendering millions more homeless.
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U.S. Steelworkers to experiment with factory ownership, Mondragon style
The United Steelworkers union, North America's largest industrial trade union, announced a new collaboration with the world's largest worker-owned cooperative, Mondragon International.
UN Gaza report becomes political football
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing any "endorsement or further consideration" of the UN Goldstone report, but the action is unlikely to have long-term significance.
A ragged process
Slightly over a year ago, the American people elected a young African American to the presidency and increased the Democratic majorities in the Congress.
