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Colombian union leaders say killings continue
April 8, 2014Three years after it was added as a side pact to the controversial U.S.-Colombia "free trade" pact, the Labor Action Plan designed to improve workers' lot and their rights is a failure.
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Ukraine, U.S., and big bad Putin: Who’s the bully?
April 8, 2014U.S.-Russia relations took a dangerous turn over Ukraine and Crimea. This is a very troubling development. If it continues in the present direction, the result will be damaging on a range of issue,
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Colombia: Jorge Gaitan and the struggle for peace
April 7, 2014Peace negotiators of FARC, who've been meeting in Cuba with Colombian government representatives, called for investigating origins of conflict in Colombia.
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NLRB ruling is groundbreaking win for college athletes
April 7, 2014The Chicago regional chapter of the NLRB ruled that Northwestern University football players have the right to form a union if they desire.
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Workers and patients fight back against hospital consolidation
April 7, 2014Affordable, quality health care and secure, union jobs are both threatened by the growing consolidation and monopolization of the medical industry.
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