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Workers not at fault in BPs deadly blast
November 10, 2006Chemical board blames corporate cost-cutting Agreeing with the Steelworkers union and strongly rejecting company claims of workers’ guilt, the federal government’s chemical safety investigations board threw the book at British Petroleum on Oct. 31 over the...
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Civil rights legend Pancho Medrano honored
November 10, 2006NewsAnalysis DALLAS — Activists here honored one of the nation’s most distinguished civil rights figures Nov. 4. On legislation originated by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), who represents East Dallas, the Lakeland Hills Post Office was...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
November 10, 2006SPRINGFIELD, Va.: Military newspapers say Rumsfeld must go ... and then he does A Nov. 4 editorial published simultaneously by Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times argues that the situation in...
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Citgo donates $400,000 to Chicago school clinic
November 10, 2006CHICAGO — Citgo Petroleum Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s publicly owned oil company, announced Nov. 2 it was giving $400,000 to help kick-start a new health clinic at Little Village Lawndale High School on the...
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Mission accomplished: Labor kicks ass
November 10, 2006Labor’s challenge in this election was to provide the organizing to transform the workers’ frustration and anger into political power, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said at a post-election press conference Nov. 8. It was not only...
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