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American Axle and the 2008 elections
April 26, 2008The workers at American Axle are doing all they can. Their cause is just, they are united in battle and unions from all over are coming to this plant on the Detroit-Hamtramck border to lend support....
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Beware a wolf in sheeps clothing: a call to vote no on 98, yes on 99!
April 26, 2008Dueling ballot initiatives dealing with the same subject — reforming the government’s ability to take private property under eminent domain — will share center stage in California’s June 3 statewide primary election. Though the official titles...
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U.S., Korean workers: Free trade pact spurs race to bottom
April 26, 2008Despite strong resistance from labor and civic organizations in both the United States and South Korea, President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed to push through the stalled Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS...
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Talking economy with students
April 26, 2008CHICAGO — Last month 80,000 jobs were lost throughout the country and the unemployment rate jumped from 4.8 to 5.1 percent. It was the third consecutive month of job loss. The private sector alone lost 98,000...
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Worldnotes – April 26, 2008
April 26, 2008Egypt: Protest food shortages Six months of strikes by Egyptian textile workers and others culminated in demonstrations April 6 against rising prices and food shortages in the delta textile city Al-Mahalla. The UN’s IRIN news agency...
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