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Theres a movement going on out there
May 28, 2008These remarks, given at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention in St. Louis, May 22, are reprinted from the AFL-CIO web site, www.aflcio.org. Arlene Holt Baker is AFL-CIO executive vice president. In the last eight...
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Workers Correspondence — After 13 weeks, a slap in the face
May 28, 2008I have written tons of letters and blogs the past few months but I have been so overwhelmed with this that I really wasn’t sure of my thoughts. I have been quite vocal and supportive of...
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Cuba supports press freedom
May 28, 2008“You cannot kill truth by murdering journalists,” said Tubal Páez, president of the Journalists Union of Cuba. One hundred and fifty Cuban and South American journalists, ambassadors, politicians and foreign guests gathered at the Jose Marti...
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Non-union home builder feels the heat
May 24, 2008BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — To wear a lemon costume in public you have to be pretty serious about your cause. So upset was Terry Templeton with the inferior construction of her Pulte-built home that the Arizona resident...
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Body of War before and after
May 24, 2008MovieREVIEW Body of War 2007 Directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro Mobilus Media, 87 min.Shot in the collarbone on his fourth day of duty in Iraq, Tomas Young is the focus of this documentary by...
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