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A bakers tale: Its not just the dough, Americans need to rise up
February 9, 2007The Employee Free Choice Act could make things sweeterLARKFIELD, Calif. — Obviously, bakers tend to wake up earlier than everyone else. It’s 4 a.m. in Larkfield, and the vending racks are just being filled with newspapers....
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 9, 2007Stewards bargain Costco contract Shop stewards participated directly in negotiations with retail giant Costco, leading to a tentative agreement which made significant gains in retirement, wages and seniority while maintaining current pension and health care levels,...
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Another fast track to the unemployment line?
February 9, 2007President Bush has asked Congress for approval of “fast track” authority. Fast track means that the president negotiates a trade agreement and Congress cannot make any changes in it; they can only vote it up or...
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Jury exonerates Seattle WTO protesters
February 9, 2007SEATTLE (PAI) — It took seven years, but 147 of the Seattle protesters against corporate-centered globalization finally won — in federal court. On Jan. 30, a federal district court jury ruled the city’s mass arrest of...
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WORLD NOTES
February 9, 2007South Africa: Business practices vs. human rights Speakers at a mid-January conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, organized by the Foundation for Human Rights, examined effects of business practices on human rights. Yasmin Sooka, the foundation’s director,...
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