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Freeze displaces thousands of California farmworkers
January 26, 2007California’s citrus and other crops have been devastated by five consecutive nights of sub-freezing temperatures that struck Jan. 12, dealing a sharp blow to growers and putting thousands of farmworkers out of work, especially in the...
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Janitors fight sweeps through Twin Cities
January 26, 2007MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) — Hundreds of janitors jammed a meeting Jan. 13 to overwhelmingly authorize a strike if a settlement cannot be reached with Twin Cities cleaning contractors
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
January 26, 2007Bush health care plan ‘sticks it to workers’ American workers know a raw deal when they see one, said Steelworkers President Leo Gerard. Gerard was responding to President Bush’s State of the Union proposal to tax...
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WORLD NOTES
January 26, 2007Nicaragua: Ortega hits the ground running Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega’s first official act after his second presidential inauguration on Jan. 10 — after a 17-year hiatus — was to announce Nicaragua’s membership, with Cuba, Bolivia and...
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Frances homeless step up their struggle
January 26, 2007NewsAnalysis PARIS — The new year in France has opened with bold and coordinated protests by the nation’s homeless. The protests are taking place against the backdrop of two years of intensified struggle by the country’s...
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