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Open letter to President Obama from Muslims
April 10, 2009Republished below is an open letter we received from a new organization, Muslims for Peace, Justice and Progress. An extended version and list of signers is available at the group’s web site, www.mpjp.org. Dear President Obama,...
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Belfast backs Visteon workers’ occupation
April 9, 2009Original source: Hundreds of people rallied in Belfast on Wednesday in support of the ongoing sit-in by laid-off Visteon workers. Unite Northern Ireland spokesman Bob Miller said that some 400 people from trade unions, families of...
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Of long fuses and seven league boots: US labor today
April 9, 2009I don’t know if Steven Greenhouse, of the New York Times, writes his own headlines. Doubt it. But I was sure struck by his article headlined, “In America, Labor has an Unusually Long Fuse.” It reminded...
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Pittsburgh janitors, science center battle over unionization
April 9, 2009Original source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If the story of the janitors and groundskeepers at the Carnegie Science Center weren't true, it would seem as if the advocates of the Employee Free Choice Act were making it up....
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Franken widens lead, Coleman wont concede
April 9, 2009A three-judge panel on April 7th opened about 400 absentee ballots in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman race for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, still undecided five months after the Nov. 4 election. When the judges finished...
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