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Workers Correspondence: ARAMARK workers in Houston fight for justice
April 23, 2008I attended the Cesar Chavez march in Houston on March 29. Leaders of many unions were there continuing the battles fought by that great union leader. About 200 people from a wide variety of ethnic and...
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They take care of their own
April 23, 2008If anything ever smelled of cronyism and favoritism it was the recent decision by the Federal Reserve to set up a special bargain basement where cheap loans are now available to Wall Street kingpins largely responsible...
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Honoring Ruben Salazar
April 23, 2008Salazar was a Los Angeles Times reporter who covered the Vietnam War and then became news director for the Spanish-language television station KMEX in January 1970.
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U.S., Korean workers: free trade pact would spur race to bottom
April 23, 2008Despite strong resistance from labor and civic organizations in both the United States and South Korea, President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed to push through the stalled Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS...
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Executions to resume after Supreme Court ruling; Stevens statement raises hopes
April 22, 2008A semi-formal moratorium on executions by lethal injection will probably end due to last week’s decision by the US Supreme Court. On April 17, the Court voted 7 to 2 to deny a petition by two...
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