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  • Paul Robeson: The tallest tree in our forest

    Paul Robeson: The tallest tree in our forest

    April 7, 2006 By Marilyn Bechtel

    Paul Robeson’s legacy in the 21st century OAKLAND — Fifty years ago, when legendary civil rights and peace leader, athlete, and artist Paul Robeson was being hounded by McCarthy-era witch-hunting committees, deprived of his livelihood and...

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  • Injuries lead nurses to quit. Union launches drive for state regs

    Injuries lead nurses to quit. Union launches drive for state regs

    April 7, 2006

    Saying huge numbers of on-the-job injuries from lifting and turning patients causes ever-increasing legions of nurses to quit, American Federation of Teachers’ nurses division launched a drive for state legislation mandating that hospitals install devices to...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    April 7, 2006

    Delphi strike looms The growing disgust against corporate greed amongst workers in auto took another leap as the Delphi Corp. announced its plan in bankruptcy court on March 31 to void union contracts and close 25...

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  • Labor law reform in France

    Labor law reform in France

    April 7, 2006

    More than a million people in France have taken to the streets against their conservative government’s attempts to change the country’s labor law. According to the conventional wisdom here in the United States, “Old Europe” is...

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  • Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues

    Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues

    April 7, 2006

    PITTSBURGH — Randall McCloy, 26, thin and weak, sat inside his Simpson, W.Va., home with his wife and two children for the first time in two months. McCloy survived the worst West Virginia mining disaster in...

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