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Nurses strike: End 12-hour shifts
November 22, 2003PHILADELPHIA – Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) Hospital nurses were on the picket line at the hospital’s entrance here early on Nov. 11. Their signs expressed the issues preventing Office and Professional Employees International Union Local...
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Plunder unmasked in Iraq
November 22, 2003The ugly face of imperialism is now in full view with the revelation of the U.S. occupation command’s economic initiatives in Iraq: • The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is devastating Iraq’s domestic industry by encouraging imports....
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AFSCME meet takes on war, organizing, elections
November 22, 2003Workers’ Correspondence Delegates to the 13th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 in Illinois called upon members of Congress to refuse to approve the Bush administration’s request for...
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International Notes
November 22, 2003Lesotho: Strike leaders arrested The two top leaders of Lesotho’s Factory Workers Union (FAWU) – Billy Macaefa and Willie Matheo – have been arrested following last week’s strike and protest demonstration, the United Nations’ Integrated Regional...
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Ecuador: Peasant activist assassinated
November 22, 2003Ecuadorian campesino and environmental leader Angel Shingre was murdered on Nov. 4 in the city of Coca, Orellana province, where he lived. Shingre was a member and leader of numerous peasant and environmental groups in the...
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