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Autoworkers not ready to make nice
April 6, 2007DETROIT — As the United Auto Workers’ two-day special convention on bargaining came to a close, music filled the hall. It seemed to send a message to GM, Ford and Chrysler that that the union isn’t...
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Go where the money is: tax the rich
April 6, 2007It is no surprise to working families that the rich are getting richer and richer while the rest of us are using our credit card to buy groceries. The numbers, though, are a little stunning. The...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
April 6, 2007Things don’t go better with Coca-Cola Teamsters at more than 100 plants in the U.S. and students at more than 70 campuses across the country held shop-floor actions and wore stickers in a national action April...
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WORLD NOTES
April 6, 2007Venezuela: Gov’t redistributes agricultural land Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used his weekly radio program March 25 to announce the expropriation of 815,000 acres from 16 large estates — all idle, he said —for use primarily as...
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Mexico City poised to legalize abortion
April 6, 2007MEXICO CITY — A legislative proposal to legalize abortion in Mexico’s Federal District (D.F.), the area that encompasses Mexico City, is encountering strong resistance from right-wing forces here. But its passage seems likely. Abortion is generally...
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