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U.S. students win ‘new day’ for Honduran workers
November 19, 2009In a big victory for a U.S. student campaign, Russell Athletics, the largest supplier of team uniforms and apparel, agreed to reopen a Honduran factory that it shut down after its workers formed a union.
Read moreFeeling heat, U.S.-China firms say they’ll build turbines here
November 19, 2009Under pressure from the nation’s biggest manufacturing union, a U.S.-China energy partnership said it would build a factory here, creating 1,000 jobs.
Read moreCompanies cashing in on flu epidemic
November 19, 2009The government may have to step in to ensure companies are not using the swine flu epidemic to rip off those who come down with the flu.
Read moreStudents, faculty & workers protest U of Calif. hikes, cutbacks
November 19, 2009Thousands of students, faculty, campus workers and community supporters gathered Nov. 18 in historic Sproul Plaza to protest at proposed 32 percent fee hike.
Read moreSenate to move forward on health reform debate
November 19, 2009Debate on a new Senate health care bill released by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Nov. 18 is set to begin later this week.
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