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McCain links to anti-union casino no surprise to workers
October 18, 2008When scores of dealers and their supporters rallied at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Casino last May for their right to representation by United Auto Workers Region 9A, which they had voted for overwhelmingly, passersby were quick to honk...
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Its spelled J-O-B-S!
October 18, 2008Barack Obama and John McCain put forward two very different approaches to the economic meltdown last week. Obama told a crowd of 3,000 in Toledo, Ohio: “I’m proposing a number of steps that we should take...
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Union retirees turning Florida from red to blue
October 17, 2008FORT MEYERS, Fla. — Labor activists in this very Republican area of Florida are feeling traction in their efforts to elect Barack Obama president. The Alliance of Retired Americans (ARA), United Auto Workers retirees and other...
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World notes: October 18, 2008
October 17, 2008World notes Afghanistan: Military victory unlikely Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who commands a British Air Assault Brigade that has taken severe losses from the Taliban, told the Sunday Times Oct. 5, “We’re not going to win this...
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Nationalize banks, employ unemployed
October 17, 2008Last week the major economies of the world, including the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China, Russia and Brazil carried out an unprecedented and coordinated reduction of interest rates. The effort itself was not immediately...
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