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BRICS summit considers development bank

March 27, 2013 By Emile Schepers

For any African country to have a strong competitor to play off against the companies and governments is seen as a step forward by many African leaders.

Rank and file longshore leader honored at memorial

March 27, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

The South African government honored longtime International Longshore and Warehouse Union activist Leo Robinson with its Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award.

Cold spring linked with melting sea ice

March 26, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Across large portions of North America and Europe, the beginning of spring has been cold. Scientists have now attributed that to the intense loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change.

Governor calls unions the voice of American workers

March 26, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

"We live in a time in which more and more capital is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told union delegates at the AFL-CIO Labor Legislative Conference.

U. S. intervention in Cuba remains intense

March 26, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

A new GAO report reveals that monies directed at changing Cuba's government increased sharply after 2004, the George W. Bush administration, and have remained high during the Obama administration.