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Auto company CEOs rolling in dough
May 18, 2007DETROIT — If there is a crisis in the auto industry, it certainly cannot be seen when looking at the compensation of its top management. While autoworkers are being laid off, seeing their plants close and...
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Houston school workers demand fair pay
May 18, 2007HOUSTON — On May 10 at least 30 labor supporters gathered outside the School District’s administration building here to support the teachers union’s demand for higher salaries for education workers. Local 6315 of the American Federation...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
May 18, 2007PITTSBURGH: Flowers of peace for Mother’s Day Lighted candles piercing the twilight and pansies flowering despite a cool spring were symbols of compassionate determination of area moms who gathered on Mother’s Day to demand Congress only...
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Release of terrorist Posada sparks outrage
May 18, 2007On May 8, Federal Judge Kathleen Carbone cancelled the trial of Luis Posada Carriles on immigration fraud, set for May 11 in El Paso, Texas. She ruled that the government’s handling of the case had major...
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Labor takes on global fight vs. climate change
May 18, 2007NEW YORK — Climate change is a labor issue. A large and growing section of world labor now agrees that fighting global warming and building sustainable economies with good jobs for workers go hand in hand....
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