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28,000 home child care workers organize in N.Y.C.
November 9, 2007NEW YORK — In the biggest successful organizing campaign in New York City in almost 50 years, over 28,000 home child care workers have joined the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), the largest local in the...
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Still refusing to talk, hog boss sues union
November 9, 2007On Oct. 15 management at Smithfield’s Tar Heel, N.C., plant broke off negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and a day later filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against the union which includes within...
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WORLD NOTES: November 10
November 9, 2007Guatemala: Colom wins presidency In a Nov. 4 runoff, social democrat Álvaro Colom was elected president of Guatemala with an almost 6 percent margin of votes over defeated former Gen. Otto Pérez Molina, a hard-line rightist....
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Chinas party congress stresses balanced growth
November 9, 2007The 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China was held Oct. 15-19 in Beijing. Over 2,200 delegates, representing 73 million party members, discussed far-reaching goals for economic, political, social and international work. Amendments were made...
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Japanese rally against pro-war laws, tax hikes
November 9, 2007TOKYO — About 42,000 workers and citizens from all over the country rallied here Oct. 28 in opposition to an “anti-terrorism special measures” bill, the proposed revision of Japan’s constitution to permit military operations abroad, and...
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