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Yales hospital: Poster child for union-busting
February 23, 2007NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) is 650 miles from the notorious anti-worker Smithfield Foods livestock processing factory in Tar Heel, N.C. On Smithfield’s killing floors and in New Haven’s healing wards, the workers...
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WORLD NOTES
February 23, 2007South Africa: UN studies state’s role in food security A study comparing the effects of unrestrained market mechanisms with the results of state intervention in food production was released in mid-February in Johannesburg, by the UN...
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Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal
February 23, 2007President Alvaro Uribe’s right-wing Colombian government is dealing with a scandal stemming from revelations of ties between the paramilitary United Self Defense Forces of Colombia and ruling elements in Colombian society. According to U.S. government sources,...
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Cubas Internet access cramped by U.S. blockade
February 23, 2007The U.S. blockade’s effect on Cuba’s access to the Internet was a topic earlier this month as some 1,650 participants from 58 countries participated in Cuba’s 12th Information Technology Fair, held in Havana, Feb. 12-16. The...
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Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights
February 23, 2007The following is excerpted from the remarks of Roger Toussaint, president of New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, on the occasion of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, Jan. 15.Today is a special...
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