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A Texan for trade rep?
December 23, 2008DALLAS — At a luncheon for union leaders, I asked what people hoped to see in new government appointments. 'Nobody from Texas,' was the sharpest and most agreed-on response. Neoconservative Republicans have dominated all state offices...
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Congressman, faith and labor leaders urge release of jailed workers
December 23, 2008MINNEAPOLIS (Workday Minnesota) — Imagine you sell your home, even borrow money, to move to another community where you are promised a good job. But when you get there, you're forced to live in near-slavery conditions....
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OPINION: Renegotiating NAFTA an uphill but winnable fight
December 23, 2008One of the demands of U.S. workers in the election just past was a renegotiation of NAFTA. Canadian workers have similar concerns. In Mexico, the demand to reorganize NAFTA comes most strongly from small farmers, but...
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Send greetings to the Cuban Five
December 23, 2008We take the occasion of the beginning of a new year to urge readers to write to the Cuban Five. Antonio, Fernando, Gerardo, Rene and Ramon have been in U.S. federal prisons for ten years. They...
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LETTERS December 20, 2008
December 22, 2008Good luck, Mr. President-elect Imagine coming upon a scene of rape, pillage and desecration. What to do? That’s what the new president-elect faces as he prepares to assume the presidency after George W. Bush’s “reign of...
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