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Guadeloupe strike ends, people remain mobilized
March 8, 2009BASSE-TERRE -- (Prensa Latina) An agreement March 5 over wages and prices between authorities and unions put an end to a six-week general strike in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean. The deal reached...
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States and cities look to freeze wages; threaten layoffs
March 8, 2009State and city workers across the country are facing threats of layoffs if they don’t agree to have wages frozen.
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Bad, bad, bad jobs report: Unemployment at 8.1 percent
March 8, 2009Original source: Stunningly bad news on the nation’s jobless rate today: Unemployment worsened to 8.1 percent in February, from 7.6 percent in January, the highest level in more than a quarter century, according to Labor Department...
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Zimbabwean PM injured in car accident
March 8, 2009HARARE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was hurt in a car accident Friday, and the injuries are not life-threatening. Tsvangirai and his wife were involved in a head-on collision. His wife died...
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Vigil held to protest murder of undocumented worker
March 7, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A poster-sized photograph with flowers and votive candles formed a sidewalk altar in front of the Sacramento County Main Jail Feb. 26, as more than 40 activists held a press conference and protest-memorial...
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