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  • Workers signing union cards at Yale-New Haven Hospital

    Workers signing union cards at Yale-New Haven Hospital

    August 4, 2006

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Nobody can take away your courage,” said Carmen Boudier, president of New England 1199 SEIU, to a large audience of workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital who came to sign up for the...

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  • Coming to a town near you: the battle over immigrant rights

    Coming to a town near you: the battle over immigrant rights

    August 4, 2006

    NewsAnalysisAction in Congress on immigrant rights legislation is suspended at least until the fall session. But action is intensifying in state legislatures, in municipal councils and within the nooks and crannies of our social system. The...

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  • Huge oil profits linked to economic slowdown

    Huge oil profits linked to economic slowdown

    August 4, 2006

    WASHINGTON — Exxon Mobil reported $10.4 billion in second quarter profits July 27, the second highest quarterly profits for any publicly traded company in U.S. history. Shell profits jumped 40 percent to $7.32 billion in the...

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  • Detroit gears up for Labor Day

    Detroit gears up for Labor Day

    August 4, 2006

    Friends of the People’s Weekly World are planning a major distribution of the paper at Detroit’s Labor Day parade, which routinely draws tens of thousands of people. John Rummel, who is organizing the distribution, said that...

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  • Ohio labor charts new course

    Ohio labor charts new course

    August 4, 2006

    CINCINNATI — Delegates to the Ohio AFL-CIO convention here last week expressed optimism and a strong fighting spirit. For the first time in decades, they see a real opportunity to replace the state’s corrupt Republican officeholders...

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