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Retirement, pensions and all that
May 31, 2002The stock market grew by 248 percent between 1989 and 1998, accompanied by a skyrocketing increase in the number of households with 401(k) pension accounts. Together, they made possible the promise of a secure retirement. Or...
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Kaiser workers win back pay in NLRB ruling
May 31, 2002PITTSBURGH – In a case involving the longest illegal lockout in U.S. labor history, a federal administrative law judge has ordered the operating subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation to “make whole” 3,000 steelworkers for any loss...
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Israeli student condemns occupation
May 31, 2002Haggai Matar, an 18-year-old Israeli high school senior, first strikes the eye as a quiet, studious, and modest young man. He may be all of that, but when he speaks, he speaks with conviction and power,...
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NAACP announces action against racial disparity
May 31, 2002ATLANTA – The NAACP announced May 16 a major directive against states where racial disparity still exists in public school systems.
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Refuseniks speak to full house
May 31, 2002SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Every pew in Westminster Presbyterian Church was full when two Israeli reserve soldiers, who have proclaimed their refusal to serve in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, spoke here May 22. Earlier in...
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