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25,000 march for public education in Puerto Rico
February 22, 2008After showing its strength with a march of 25,000 teachers and their supporters Feb. 17, the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers (FMPR) has been able to make progress toward a new labor agreement, averting for the...
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Letters – Feb. 23, 2008
February 22, 2008Numerology? It occurred to me that from the end of George Washington’s presidency (1800) to the end of Lincoln’s (l865) is 65 years. From the end of Lincoln’s to the beginning of FDR’s (1932) is 67...
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U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers
February 22, 2008Top labor leaders ended a trip to Colombia Feb. 13 by telling that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, American unions will not support the U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement until the killing of union members by right-wing death...
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Janitors kick off contract campaign
February 22, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by Service Employees International Union held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern...
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World notes: Feb. 23, 2008
February 22, 2008South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...
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