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Workers occupy factory – demand justice
December 7, 2008We're here to demand our rights,' said Manuella Rivera in a gentle but firm voice, 'and we'll stay until we get justice.' Rivera, a 58-year-old window assembler is among workers at Republic Windows and Doors who...
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Bush yanks union rights from 8,600 federal workers
December 6, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--He may be on his way out of Washington, but GOP President George W. Bush is still yanking union rights away from federal employees. His latest victims: 8,600 workers, 1,000 of them now represented by...
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Jobless rates rise, 533,000 more people lose their jobs in November
December 6, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--With the nation now officially in a recession for a year -- and expected to stay that way all next year -- the U.S. jobless rate rose 0.2 percent in November to 6.7 percent, the...
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The media myth: Detroit’s $70-an-hour autoworker
December 6, 2008From Media Matters: It's been one week since New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote that at General Motors, 'the average worker was paid about $70 an hour, including health care and pension costs.'...
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EDITORIAL: Focus on policy
December 6, 2008The process of governing has begun for President-elect Barack Obama, as the economic crisis deepens and a bloody attack in Mumbai, India, puts terrorism on top of our headlines. Given these enormous twin challenges, it is...
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