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Buried alive: a terrible way to die
June 8, 2007Workers’ Correspondence Being buried alive is a terrible way to die. If you are working in a trench and it caves in with just your head sticking out it makes great news. The drama of the...
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Social Security: keep your eyes on the prize
June 8, 2007Don’t blink your eyes; keep your eyes on the prize. If you don’t, then you’re sure to lose it. Wasn’t it only a couple of years ago that Wall Street and its Bush administration waged a...
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This Week in Labor
June 8, 2007A voice for nonunion workers Working America — the AFL-CIO’s influential grassroots organization for people who don’t have a union — is sending an army of activists to the streets this summer to strengthen the voice...
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WORLD NOTES
June 8, 2007Portugal: General strike sends a message The General Confederation of Portuguese Workers unleashed a general strike against the Social Democratic government of Jose Socrates on May 30. With 70-90 percent of workers participating, the strike paralyzed...
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Lebanon: 30,000 civilians caught in crossfire
June 8, 2007BEIRUT (IPS) — Palestinians inside Lebanon have been in a quandary as to how to assist the more than 30,000 residents of the densely populated Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, where thousands are still...
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