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Windsor auto workers seize shuttered plant
March 19, 2009Original source: (CBC) - A group of workers at a recently closed auto parts supply company in Windsor, Ontario, Canada have taken over the plant. In the latest twist in a saga that has been brewing...
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We got bills to pay too
March 19, 2009CHICAGO - It's a warm, sunny March day. On a deserted street of windowless factories, suddenly a boisterous protest pops into view. A picket line is circling in front of Fillip Metal Cabinet Co., maker of...
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Drug cartel violence has political, economic roots
March 19, 2009CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- Recent media reports about Mexico picture a country near collapse, with police and army outgunned by well-armed and organized drug cartels. U.S. government travel warnings speak of “small unit combat” taking place...
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Rush Limbaugh joins CEOs with anti-Employee Free Choice threats
March 19, 2009CLEVELAND – The labor movement here is actively mobilizing to support the Employee Free Choice Act, which would weaken the ability of companies to intimidate workers from joining a union.
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El Salvador: Crisis, poverty huge challenges for leftist president
March 19, 2009SAN SALVADOR, Mar 17 (IPS) - The main challenges faced by El Salvador’s leftwing president-elect Mauricio Funes are forging understandings with other political sectors, adopting measures to deal with the economic crisis, and especially its effects...
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