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  • Unions help shift red states to blue

    Unions help shift red states to blue

    October 31, 2008

    A united labor movement, fighting for a U.S. economy that once again creates millions of good-paying jobs, is on the verge of making history. In the final days of the election countdown, an unprecedented labor mobilization...

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  • Merrilee Milstein Day puts working families needs first

    Merrilee Milstein Day puts working families needs first

    October 30, 2008 By Joelle Fishman

    New Hampshire attracted a lot of excitement in 2004 as the only state in the country to flip from red to blue in the presidential elections. There was jubilation that night as Kerry defeated Bush by...

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  • Smithfield drops lawsuit against union

    Smithfield drops lawsuit against union

    October 30, 2008

    In a victory for workers at the nation’s largest pork processing plant Smithfield Foods, located in Tar Heel, N.C., dropped a racketeering and extortion lawsuit against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Oct. 27, with...

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  • What is voter fraud?

    What is voter fraud?

    October 30, 2008

    During the last presidential debate, Republican nominee John McCain made the following remark: “ACORN is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    October 30, 2008

    Syria: U.S. raid kills 8 At a London press conference Oct. 27, Syria’s foreign minister Walid al-Moallem condemned a cross-border raid by four U.S. helicopters the previous day that killed at least eight civilians and wounded...

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