National
At failed firms, no bad deed goes unrewarded
March 21, 2009SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 20 (IPS) - Thousands of angry U.S. workers took to the streets Thursday to protest some major banks and insurance companies that have handed out extravagant bonuses on the taxpayers' dime, as the...
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CWA members welcome Obamas Middle Class Task Force to St. Cloud plant
March 21, 2009ST. CLOUD, Minn. (PAI) — Members of Communications Workers of America Local 7304 welcomed Vice President Joseph Biden and members of the Obama administration’s Middle Class Task Force” for a town hall meeting March 19 at...
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Wal-Mart forced to bargain, finally, with Texas meat cutters
March 21, 2009JACKSONVILLE, Texas (PAI) — It took almost nine years, a National Labor Relations Board ruling and several court orders, but Wal-Mart was finally forced to bargain with its unionized meat cutters in Texas. Talks opened in...
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New Mexico repeals death penalty
March 21, 2009Source: Civilrights.org New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation today abolishing the death penalty in New Mexico, making it the second state to repeal the death penalty since a U.S. Supreme Court decision reinstated it in...
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Editorial: April 4 March on Wall Street
March 20, 2009Last fall, Congress approved $770 billion to stave off financial collapse, to free up credit, to staunch the hemorrhage of layoffs and foreclosures. But the layoffs and foreclosures have gotten worse. The nation’s economy continues to...
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