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Labor takes on global fight vs. climate change
May 18, 2007NEW YORK — Climate change is a labor issue. A large and growing section of world labor now agrees that fighting global warming and building sustainable economies with good jobs for workers go hand in hand....
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Postal rate hike threatens free speech
May 18, 2007It’s nearly impossible to find any issue on which the People’s Weekly World and the extreme right-wing National Review can agree, but a proposed postage rate increase that would negatively affect small publications does the trick....
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New labor editor joins Worlds staff
May 18, 2007The People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo editorial board welcomed John Wojcik to the newspaper’s staff as labor editor May 1. Wojcik, 56, replaces Roberta Wood, who was elected secretary-treasurer of the Communist Party USA last November. Wood...
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Safety cuts put friendly skies at risk, United workers say
May 18, 2007CHICAGO — Question: Who would order the captain of a 767 jet, loaded with passengers and crew, to take off with a split in one of its tires? Answer: Glenn Tilton, chairman and CEO of United...
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As 2008 approaches, Republicans fear Iraq war backlash
May 18, 2007By next fall President Bush “may find himself standing alone” on his Iraq war policy. That was the warning from Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, commenting on Bush’s White House meeting with 11 Republican House members,...
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