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Board slashes workers rights to join unions
October 6, 2006By a razor-thin margin, the National Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 on Oct. 3 to immediately rob up to 8 million workers of their right to belong to a union. The five-member board ruled that workers...
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Supporter gives weeks pay, asks others to do same
October 6, 2006NEW YORK — “I gave a week’s salary,” Gabe Falsetta said, referring to his contribution to the People’s Weekly World fund drive. “I like to go to the theater as often as I can, but I...
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Action urged to ensure all can vote, Groups mobilize to defend voting rights on Nov. 7
October 6, 2006Unless urgent action is taken, millions of Americans may be denied their right to vote and have their vote counted this November, voting rights advocates warn.
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Flood of sleaze engulfs GOP
October 6, 2006WASHINGTON — One month from the Nov. 7 midterm elections, a firestorm is raging over the revelation that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republican leaders covered up Rep. Mark Foley’s sexually explicit contacts with...
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U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba
October 3, 2006It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people's health is allowed, right? Wrong: For the second year in a...
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