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Equality, or not: Threat of two-tier workforce is fault line of U.S. immigration policies
March 17, 2006Equality has become an unmentionable word in Congress. It doesn’t come even once in the 300-page omnibus immigration bill introduced last week by Senator Arlen Specter, nor in any of the others Congress is considering. They...
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March 17, 2006Oakland teachers rally As the teachers union prepared to resume contract talks in its 20-month dispute with the Oakland Unified School District, parents, community supporters and San Francisco educators rallied with over 500 Oakland teachers and...
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N.Y. transit leader calls for new vote
March 17, 2006NEW YORK — The battle between bus and subway workers represented by Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continues. Last week, over the objections of the MTA, the Public Employee Relations Board...
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Secessionists threaten Venezuelas unity
March 17, 2006“It’s new evidence for a destabilization plan that North American imperialism, through the fascist government of George W. Bush, is carrying out in our country to torpedo and sabotage the revolutionary process.” Oscar Figuera, general secretary...
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Texas holds best secret election money can buy
March 17, 2006HOUSTON — Texas held its March 7 primary election in virtual secrecy. Only 5.3 percent of the electorate voted in the Republican primary and 4.1 percent in the Democratic primary. Pundits marveled over how much money...
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