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Union leaders reflect dissent in Chrysler vote
October 19, 2007Many leaders of the United Auto Workers are voicing concern about the contract agreed to by the union’s negotiating committee last week, an agreement that ended a six-hour nationwide strike against Chrysler. Their opposition to the...
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Unions, rights groups praise no-match ruling
October 19, 2007Unions and immigrant rights organizations praised a federal judge’s Oct. 10 decision barring the Social Security Administration from using “no-match” letters to force employers to fire workers who cannot quickly clear up discrepancies. At the same...
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Iranian Americans urge dialogue, not war
October 19, 2007In the wake of the Bush administration’s continued saber rattling against Iran, including its not-so-subtle threats to unleash U.S. bombing attacks against Iranian nuclear energy and military installations, a growing number of people and groups worldwide...
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Sparks fly at Capitol Hill hearing on Jena 6
October 19, 2007WASHINGTON — Witnesses in a Capitol Hill hearing Oct. 16 blasted the U.S. Justice Department for doing nothing as Jena, La., officials inflicted blatantly discriminatory punishment on six Black high school students while white students who...
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Thousands to march for peace Oct. 27
October 19, 2007‘This war is draining our communities’ United for Peace and Justice, the largest antiwar coalition in America, has announced plans for 11 peace marches to take place around the nation on Oct. 27. “Never before have...
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