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Young workers discuss future in labor movement
May 14, 2008“Why don’t young workers have an affiliate within the AFL-CIO?” This was one of the questions raised on May 3rd in a strategy session held at the National Conference of Jobs with Justice. young workers, organized...
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New and notable movies, music and books
May 14, 2008New and notable movies, music and books By American Labor Education Center This edition of the free bulletin, World Wide Work, is published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit founded in 1979. New...
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Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts
May 13, 2008WASHINGTON--Top company officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where nine miners perished in August 2007, concealed facts that would have prevented the deaths and should be criminally charged, according to a Congressional report...
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Reclaiming the May Day tradition: ‘Through unity we find our strength’
May 13, 2008CHICAGO — On March 10, 2006 this city rocked the nation as nearly 500,000 people stopped traffic and marched to Federal Plaza for immigrant rights and the rights of undocumented workers. It was the largest turnout...
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Mexico oil privatization dispute rages
May 13, 2008While the rest of Latin America moves left, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is pushing hard in the other direction with a thinly disguised plan to privatize PEMEX, the huge state oil company that provides 40 percent...
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