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Michigan notebook: Autoworkers rally for jobs; Calls for justice for child care workers
January 24, 2009WARREN, Mich. — Inside the City Hall atrium in this working class suburb of Detroit, 250 autoworkers rallied Jan. 13 to save their jobs. Billed as “Stand Up for American Products and American Workers,” the rally...
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Taino Re-Elected Chair of UN NGO Decade Committee
January 24, 2009Taino community activist Roberto Borrero was re-elected Chairperson of the NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples this past December. The Committee is a Special Committee of the Conference of...
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OPINION: What happened to me on the way to the inauguration
January 24, 2009When walking down 34th street to pick up train tickets to the Washington Inauguration on Monday, MLK Day, I heard someone shout out the N word. Looking up it turned out to be a white person...
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Steelworkers Launch Make Our Future Work Website
January 24, 2009Original source:The United Steelworkers (USW) launched a new website, “Make Our Future Work,” to assist workers in coping with the economic crisis and mobilize to put America back to work. The site’s main feature is the...
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Miracle on the Hudson was union-made
January 23, 2009Once again, the nation has witnessed the difference between life and death that comes from having trained, experienced union members on the job. Combining quick thinking and sheer bravery with their experience as long-time union members,...
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