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EDITORIAL: Keep our eyes on the prize
January 18, 2008It’s a good sign to see Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama providing leadership on race and gender equality. The candidates decided to dial down the volume on what was becoming a brew of racism and political...
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Plumbers, Unite Here endorse Obama
January 18, 2008Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the backing Jan. 9 of the 60,000-strong Culinary Workers Union in Nevada. The endorsement followed announcements by the 450,000-member parent union, Unite Here, and the national Plumbers and Pipefitters Union...
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Unions go all-out for Kucinich re-election
January 18, 2008CLEVELAND — At a rally here this month with hundreds of labor leaders, public officials and community supporters, Dennis Kucinich kicked off his campaign for a seventh term in Congress, defiantly blasting corporate interests seeking to...
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WORLD NOTES: Jan. 19
January 18, 2008Colombia: FARC releases hostages Consuelo Gonzalez and Clara Rojas, held hostage for six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), arrived by helicopter in Venezuela Jan. 10. Their release signified that negotiations are possible...
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Labor returns to Memphis for King Day
January 18, 2008Making the ‘dream’ a reality MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Union members from across the U.S. are gathering here Jan. 17-21 for labor’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary...
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