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Striking poultry workers: Change is coming
December 10, 2008WINESBURG, Ohio — “We’re the poster child for the Employee Free Choice Act,” said Dario Renosa, an organizer with the United Food and Commercial Workers. He was part of a recent caravan that came from Columbus...
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Religious leaders rally for Republic workers, Bank of America makes offer
December 10, 2008CHICAGO — Religious leaders and board members with the Interfaith Worker Justice rallied here in front of the Republic Windows and Doors factory Dec. 9 in solidarity with 250 unionized workers who have been leading a...
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Canada: Political crisis postponed
December 10, 2008VANCOUVER, B.C. — A political standoff between the rightwing Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the opposition that would have seen the Liberal Party and center-left New Democratic Party (NDP) form a coalition...
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Hurricane Ike: Dj vu all over again
December 10, 2008GALVESTON, Texas — After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many people speculated that if a similar disaster hit Texas, the Bush administration would respond more positively. Over two months after Hurricane Ike hit, the evidence suggests...
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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issues statement in support of striking Chicago factory workers
December 10, 2008The 10 million members of the AFL-CIO stand in solidarity with over 200 members of the United Electrical Workers who, in championing their own rights, are taking on the rampant corporate abuse of workers across this...
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