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Haiti cholera crisis provokes street protests
November 19, 2010The cholera epidemic in Haiti has now spread to the capital, Port au Prince, and has killed over 1,000 people while sickening up to 19,000.
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NFL lockout threat is about greed, union leaders say
November 19, 2010Sparks are flying between National Football League players and their union on one side and NFL owners on the other as the threat of a lockout looms for next year.
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U.S. official: We need independent labor media
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON - The mainstream media has become so biased against working people that even a federal agency can't get its message out, says a senior Department of Labor official.
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Amy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
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Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.
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