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Unionists protest big bonuses to bad execs
March 21, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) — Chanting and waving signs saying that it’s time to “take back our economy” for workers, unionists in Washington and dozens of other cities nationwide spent March 19 protesting big bonuses to lousy executives.
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CWA members welcome Obamas Middle Class Task Force to St. Cloud plant
March 21, 2009ST. CLOUD, Minn. (PAI) — Members of Communications Workers of America Local 7304 welcomed Vice President Joseph Biden and members of the Obama administration’s Middle Class Task Force” for a town hall meeting March 19 at...
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Wal-Mart forced to bargain, finally, with Texas meat cutters
March 21, 2009JACKSONVILLE, Texas (PAI) — It took almost nine years, a National Labor Relations Board ruling and several court orders, but Wal-Mart was finally forced to bargain with its unionized meat cutters in Texas. Talks opened in...
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New Mexico repeals death penalty
March 21, 2009Source: Civilrights.org New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation today abolishing the death penalty in New Mexico, making it the second state to repeal the death penalty since a U.S. Supreme Court decision reinstated it in...
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Overcome the economic crisis through wage increase and job creation
March 21, 2009(Akahata is published by the Communist Party of Japan) This year’s labor Spring Struggle is nearing its climax as Japan’s major corporations, including automobile and electronics makers, will respond to labor’s demand for a wage increase....
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