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Whose recovery? Unemployment up
November 8, 2002Commentary War talk from the Bush administration has done a pretty good job of shouting down any news coverage of rising unemployment. Just released figures from the Labor Department show that unemployment continued to climb slightly...
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Harvey Pitt, SEC head, shown the door
November 8, 2002Harvey Pitt, the Wall Street yes man whom President Bush had appointed to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was forced to resign on Nov. 5.
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Texas: Labor did its part
November 8, 2002DALLAS – In the nation’s second most populous state, Democratic candidates withered and burned under an offensive blitz led by President George W. Bush of Crawford. However, organized labor’s performance surpassed all previous efforts. On the...
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Tech agreement an ILWU victory
November 8, 2002LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association reached a crucial tentative agreement related to technology and union jurisdiction on Nov. 1. The tentative deal marks a turning point in...
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Deep fears over unilateral war on Iraq
November 8, 2002Commentary A Pew Research Center poll released Oct. 31 found support for George W. Bush’s plan for preemptive war against Iraq has dropped from 64 percent in mid-September to 55 percent. Support for war plummets to...
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