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Victims Son: W. Va. Miners Afraid To Speak Out About Safety Problems
January 11, 2006Workers at the non-union Sago mine knew the facility was unsafe, but were afraid to speak out, according to the son of one of 12 miners killed in the underground explosive accident there on Jan. 3
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Growing calls in L.A. for civilian control board
January 10, 2006LOS ANGELES — What made a recent meeting here on police brutality different from other meetings was the absence of any attempt to fix blame. From the beginning, this meeting was about changing the situation in...
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Detroit labor unites for food basket giveaway
January 10, 2006DETROIT — Over 300 Christmas food baskets were distributed to laid off workers by members of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Community Services committee on Dec. 17 in the parking lot of Teamsters Local 299. Local 299...
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The ABCs of the U.S. embargo against Cuba
January 6, 2006Bloqueo Documentary film produced by Rachel Dannefer and Heather Haddon 45 min., English and Spanish, with English subtitles, 2004 www.toddpnyc.com/bloqueo The UN General Assembly regularly and nearly unanimously rejects the 40-plus-year-old U.S. economic blockade against Cuba....
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Bay Area teachers step up the struggle
January 6, 2006Teachers in Oakland and San Francisco returned from their holiday break ready to step up sharp struggles for better teaching and learning conditions, wages and health benefits. In both cities teachers have worked without a contract...
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