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Students and teachers back university strike
September 14, 2007MINNEAPOLIS — Members of four locals of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) representing 3,500 clerical, technical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota walked out Sept. 5 over pay...
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BP weighed costs of refinery blast
September 14, 2007HOUSTON — In the ongoing litigation against BP following the March 2005 blast at the company’s Texas City oil refinery that killed 15 workers, a lawyer for some of the victims has produced an internal memo...
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Back to school program honors Rudy Lozano
September 14, 2007CHICAGO — Students and teachers here, during “back to school week” at the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy, an alternative high school in the Mexican American Pilsen neighborhood, honored the life of Rudy Lozano, Sept. 5. Lozano,...
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Security officers march for a living wage
September 14, 2007SAN FRANCISCO — Security officers who protect downtown high-rise office buildings are telling this city’s corporate real estate giants they need real security, too, in the form of living wages, family health coverage, paid sick days...
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WORLD NOTES: Sept. 15
September 14, 2007Australia: Labor, war protesters challenge Bush As President George Bush and leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) nations met in Canberra last week, labor leaders from Asian and Pacific nations spoke out against privatization and...
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