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Arrested over health care
June 8, 2007Twenty-two union leaders were arrested at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., June 1, as they called for universal health care.The arrests were made at different locations throughout the Capitol building amid a heavy police presence....
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Michigan labor reflects on its history
June 5, 2007DETROIT — The Michigan Labor History Society held its annual meeting May 19 at the hall of Local 22 of the United Auto Workers union here. One of the recent accomplishments of the society has been...
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Venezuelas ambassador responds to Speaker Pelosi on RCTV
June 5, 2007The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Madam Speaker Pelosi, I am writing in the opportunity to respond to your May 30 statement on Venezuela’s decision not to renew...
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Global summit grapples with mass extinctions
June 1, 2007UNITED NATIONS — “Something is going wrong,” said Ole Petenya Yusuf-Shani, a member of the Maasai indigenous community of Kenya. Yusuf-Shani was speaking at UN headquarters on May 22, International Biodiversity Day. He and others said...
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Mercenaries cast dark shadows on U.S. democracy
June 1, 2007BOOK REVIEW When years ago Consolidation Coal, Ford Motor Co. and U.S. Steel created their own private armies, including Pinkertons, to keep the word “profits” always followed by the verb “skyrocketing,” and to keep workers under...
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