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Rally for locked-out workers
May 25, 2002DETROIT – On April 24, 29 Detroit-Windsor Tunnel workers were locked out of their jobs after refusing to accept a 3.5 percent wage reduction, a two-tier wage plan to drive wages down further and a $40...
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Health crisis brewing from 9/11
May 25, 2002Public officials will meet at the site of the World Trade Center tragedy on May 30 in a ceremony that will mark the end of the rescue, recovery and clean-up period. That is all well and...
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Mission Linen workers vote to unionize
May 25, 2002In a major victory for working people, Mission Linen workers in three Arizona cities voted to join over 1,500 Mission workers represented by UNITE. The results of a May 2 vote in Phoenix were overwhelmingly in...
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The added price of oil
May 25, 2002Every year since 1990 an average of 30 million gallons of oil has been spilled from wells, pipelines, and storage facilities.
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Pirates at the pump
May 25, 2002Although the price of gasoline has not spiked as dramatically as in 2000 and 2001, pump prices have increased nearly 30 cents per gallon since February. Industry sources say we can expect another 10-cent increase before...
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