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Labor applies Capitol Hill heat for worker rights
June 22, 2007WASHINGTON — No matter how hot and sweaty it got here June 19, support for the Employee Free Choice Act was hotter. Some 3,000 union members and allies rallied on Capitol Hill for the most radical...
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This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!
June 22, 2007CHICAGO — Four years after 150 employees walked off the job at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel to protest cuts in wages and health benefits, workers continue to picket, saying they are holding out for a...
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Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform
June 15, 2007ONTARIO, Canada — Ontario Province will hold a referendum on a new voting system when voters go to the polls here Oct. 10. The Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is recommending a switch from the...
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Ohio goes after prevailing wage crooks
June 15, 2007CLEVELAND — On June 4, Marc Dann, Ohio’s new attorney general, announced an enforcement program targeting contractors who violate Ohio’s prevailing wage law. “We’re going to aggressively pursue this strategy in the future,” Dann said in...
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The word and the deed
June 15, 2007President Bush is now mouthing words about wanting to do something about global warming, having finally been forced to admit it is at least a possibility. But many have noted that while Bush claims to be...
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