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Worst jobless stats in 20 years only the tip of the iceberg
June 11, 2008The announcement June 6 that the jump in the unemployment rate is the worst in more than a generation resulted in a few corporate analysts admitting we are now in an economy that has probably “stalled.”...
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Labor mobilizes to extend jobless benefits
June 11, 2008Labor leaders held an emergency telephone press conference June 10 and are appealing to everyone to call or e-mail their Congressional representatives on June 11 and 12 to urge them to vote for a new bill...
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Long denied rights, domestic workers find their voices
June 11, 2008WEST MILFORD, N.J. — She came from Guatemala and landed a job as a live-in housekeeper for a family here. Her workday started at 5:30 a.m. and ended at midnight, seven days a week. She cooked,...
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Philadephia talk on Palestine today
June 11, 2008“Any Israeli soldier can go into any Palestinian home in any village, town or city and remove a person. The Palestinian police can do nothing. We have no protection. We have no security,” said Dr. Hanan...
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Italy moves right
June 11, 2008In Italy’s recent general election, the right-wing Casa delle Liberta ('House of Liberties' Party or CL) dealt a severe blow to the new centrist Partito Democratico (Democratic Party, or PD). The CL – a coalition of...
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