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Tale of two worlds
September 19, 2009At the AFL-CIO labor convention, teabaggers, birthers and other haters seem a world away. Firefighters, ironworkers, teachers and office professionals all took the floor making the case for a labor movement fully engaged on fighting for...
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Obama missile move positive step in nuclear reduction
September 19, 2009President Barack Obama announced Sep. 17 that he plans to replace the Bush administrations missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland with a “new approach” by deploying a reconfigured system aimed at intercepting shorter-range...
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LETTERS, September 19, 2009
September 19, 2009Tucson for EFCATucson, Arizona, became the latest city to endorse passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Tucson’s Republican Mayor, and the all Democratic city council voted unanimously to pass a resolution extolling the proposed legislation...
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WORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
September 19, 2009WORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
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On EFCA, Specter changes views…constantly
September 19, 2009PITTSBURGH -- Before the first full day session of the 26th AFL-CIO convention opened here last Monday the federation's officers met privately with a group of reporters who asked them about reports that Sen. Arlen Specter,...
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