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New York school bus drivers and matrons end strike
February 19, 2013The NLRB found that Local 1181 had a fair dispute with both the DOE and the bus companies.
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The cost of renewed U.S. control in Paraguay
February 19, 2013Paraguay interests the U.S. government now because it's close to unruly Bolivia, because of oil deposits, the Guaraní fresh water aquifer, and lawlessness in the tri-border area.
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Union leader says politics behind attack on public workers
February 19, 2013Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.
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Today in black history: First protest against slavery
February 18, 2013On this day in 1688 Pennsylvania Quakers organzied the first protest against slavery, the "Germantown Protest." It was the first of its kind in the English colonies. The protest took the form of a petition based...
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INTERVIEW: Prof. Jamie Wilson, the Black Power Movement and lessons for today’s activists
February 17, 2013Prof. Jamie Wilson is giving a special People's World Black History Month teleconference presentation on Tues, Feb 19. This interview is a preview of the themes of his presentation.
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