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Reclaiming a lost decade
September 27, 2009The AFL-CIO’s recent report entitled “Young Workers: A Lost Decade” documents in no uncertain terms that young workers (defined as those 35 and under) are having more trouble than ever getting ahead financially.
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Labor journalists to look behind the scenes before G-20
September 27, 2009Two weeks before the G-20 summit opens in Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic crisis, labor journalists from across the country will be in the Steel City to document what’s really going on with workers without...
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World Notes: Somalia, Ecuador, India, Germany, Yemen, Cuba
September 26, 2009U.S. military presence was on display last week in Africa. In southern Somalia, fire from a U.S. helicopter on Sept. 14 killed several al-Shabab rebels, among them Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, whom U.S. authorities accuse of...
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Letters
September 26, 2009In spite of opposition from a growing majority of Americans, the bureaucratic, diplomatic, military juggernaut known as the “mission in Afghanistan” is bound to be serviced with fresh troops and lots of new money. The only...
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Swine flu vaccine on the way
September 26, 2009Preparations for this year's flu season seem well underway as the H1N1 virus sweeps the country.
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