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Smithfield drops lawsuit against union
October 30, 2008In a victory for workers at the nation’s largest pork processing plant Smithfield Foods, located in Tar Heel, N.C., dropped a racketeering and extortion lawsuit against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Oct. 27, with...
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World Notes
October 30, 2008Syria: U.S. raid kills 8 At a London press conference Oct. 27, Syria’s foreign minister Walid al-Moallem condemned a cross-border raid by four U.S. helicopters the previous day that killed at least eight civilians and wounded...
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Talks in Kansas City focus on immigration
October 29, 2008KANSAS CITY, Mo. - 'We can not talk about immigration, without talking about racism,' said Jane Guskin, co-author of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers, to a packed audience at the Guadeloupe Community Center here...
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Machinists win tentative deal with Boeing
October 29, 2008The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced Oct. 27 that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Boeing Company on a contract that will improve job security for its members and curb...
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Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama
October 28, 2008From Talking Points Memo: Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the...
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