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  • OAS votes to readmit Cuba after 47 years

    OAS votes to readmit Cuba after 47 years

    June 4, 2009

    SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The Organization of American States voted Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist Cuba, overturning a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere. 'The Cold War has ended...

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  • Quad City workers target Wells Fargo to save jobs

    Quad City workers target Wells Fargo to save jobs

    June 4, 2009

    Rock Island, Ill. – Deb Johann has lived here her whole life. She has worked at the Quad City Die Casting factory in nearby Moline for the last 31 years. Johann is a proud member and...

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  • Economic necessity of healthcare reform

    Economic necessity of healthcare reform

    June 4, 2009

    Healthcare reform that controls the cost of coverage and care and that provides universal access will have positive impacts on a number of economic indicators, if passed this year, argued a new report released this week...

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  • Art For A Change: Strike/Huelga

    Art For A Change: Strike/Huelga

    June 4, 2009

    Amanecer (Dawn) is one of two oil paintings by California artist Mark Vallen, which will be on display at the National Chicana/Chicano Biennial of 2009, organized by MACLA, or the Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino...

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  • SPEECH Labor unity and overcoming racism

    SPEECH Labor unity and overcoming racism

    June 4, 2009

    Remarks by Richard L. Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at the 38th Annual Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unions, Atlanta, Ga., on May 22, 2009. Thank you. What a wonderful introduction! If you don’t...

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