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Machinists win tentative deal with Boeing
October 29, 2008The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced Oct. 27 that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Boeing Company on a contract that will improve job security for its members and curb...
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Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama
October 28, 2008From Talking Points Memo: Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the...
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Economic concerns behind political shift in Indiana
October 28, 2008Barack Obama’s surge in Indiana’s Oct. 23 Big10 Battleground Poll to a 10 point lead over John McCain (51 to 41 percent) is not surprising, considering the sharp concerns raised by workers at a union-sponsored forum...
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Miami’s early voters talk change
October 28, 2008MIAMI --- With early voting for president in heavily Democratic Miami-Dade County running ahead of 2004, there’s a good chance Florida could end up in the Obama column Nov. 4. Of the 100 Miami area early...
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Voters in Houston poised to boot out the right wing
October 28, 2008HOUSTON — Deep in the intellectual and financial heart of Texas, voters are turning out in record numbers in early voting here. According to Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman, a Republican, the numbers are up 106...
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