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Union leaders announce new progress in push to unite labor movement
April 9, 2009The AFL-CIO, Change to Win and the National Education Association announced April 7 the creation of the National Labor Coordinating Committee to hammer out a final agreement among their affiliated unions to unite the entire American...
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My favs and not so favs on American Idol
April 9, 2009American Idol is coming down to the wire as the remaining eight finalist sang hit songs from the year they were born last night, April 7, on the popular television reality show. Here is a quick...
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Ethnic outlets survive in sinking media market
April 8, 2009Reposted from www.npr.org Though these are grim times for major news organizations across the country, a few organizations — often labeled 'ethnic media' — are thriving. Many of these newspapers and broadcast stations are doing well...
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Corporate Japan turns its back on effort to stop global warming
April 8, 2009(Akahata is published by the Communist Party of Japan) Japan's business circles are united in standing against the effort to stop global warming on the grounds that 'the public will be forced to pay the cost'...
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CWA forms ‘statewide picket line’ to protest furloughs in New Jersey
April 8, 2009Members of the Communications Workers of America formed a “statewide picket line” on Tuesday to protest a proposal by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine for state workers to accept 12 unpaid furlough days and forgo pay...
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