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  • Transit workers urge calls to MTA, Gov. Pataki

    Transit workers urge calls to MTA, Gov. Pataki

    December 22, 2005

    In a statement released this week, Transport Workers Union Local 100, the union representing New York’s bus and subway workers, called on the public to telephone the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. George Pataki to urge...

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  • Transit workers show determination, high morale

    Transit workers show determination, high morale

    December 22, 2005

    BROOKLYN, N.Y. — All 34,000 New York City’s bus and subway workers, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 100, walked off the job in the early morning hours of Dec. 20, beginning NYC’s first transit strike...

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  • NYC transit workers forced to strike!

    NYC transit workers forced to strike!

    December 21, 2005 By Roger Toussaint

    NEW YORK CITY - With a one billion dollar surplus, contract between the MTA and Transport Workers Union Local 100 should have been a no brainier. Sadly that has not been the case.

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  • Germany: Another step toward left unity

    Germany: Another step toward left unity

    December 21, 2005

    BERLIN — There was virtually untroubled joy in September, when the new “Left,” consisting of two cooperating parties, received 4.2 million votes, 8.7 percent of the total, enabling it to send the unprecedented number of 54...

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  • Sailor, peace activists outraged by Pentagon spying

    Sailor, peace activists outraged by Pentagon spying

    December 21, 2005

    Navy sailor Pablo Paredes and San Diego peace activists said they were outraged to learn of the domestic spying by the Department of Defense. NBC News revealed the Pentagon spying last week. A rally in support...

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