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Racism opens eyes in Paris, Texas
March 30, 2007Worker's Correspondence I honestly thought racism was on the outs, especially in my little town of Paris, Texas. I live in one of those little Southern towns where everyone waves to everyone and everyone is a...
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Employee Free Choice Act heads to Senate
March 30, 2007The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee began hearing testimony on the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would make it easier for unions to organize workers, on March 27. The bipartisan bill, called...
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When housing dreams become nightmares
March 30, 2007“Why keep paying all that money to make your landlord rich, when you can buy a house while interest rates are low and build up your nest egg?” is heard around kitchen tables, water coolers and...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 30, 2007Union love Kenneth Hill, a member of the Boilermakers Local 693, got married to Sonja McGruffin on the picket line outside the main gate of Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls shipyard, March 23, in Pascagoula, Miss. The wedding...
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House strips Bush of authority to appoint U.S. attorneys
March 30, 2007In a 329-78 vote March 26, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and stripped President George W. Bush of the authority to appoint U.S. attorneys on an interim basis, ending the ability of the Bush...
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