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Food shortages threaten Venezuelas socialist project
February 13, 2008Venezuela’s government has moved into high gear as it attempts to shore up food availability. Shortages have mounted even though food production has increased over the past three years and food purchases are subsidized through 14,000...
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U.S. backs Bolivian separatists
February 13, 2008“My immediate thought was ‘Oh my God! Somebody from the U.S. Embassy just asked me to basically spy for the U.S. Embassy.’” John van Schaick, a Fulbright scholar recently arrived in Bolivia, was reacting to diplomat...
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GM, eager to cut wages, tries buyout of all workers
February 13, 2008General Motors Corp. announced Feb. 12 that it wants to buy out all of its 74,000 U.S. hourly employees who are represented by the United Auto Workers. If the plan works it will trigger one of...
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Worker’s perspective on saving auto in the U.S.
February 13, 2008DETROIT – Last month my wife and I went to the North American International Auto Show. For Detroiters, this is an annual pilgrimage. Where else can you sit behind the wheel of a $110,000 Maserati when...
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Battling the right to work scam
February 12, 2008This past Labor Day, trade unionists were outraged to wake up and read an editorial in The Detroit News arguing for a “right-to-work” law in Michigan. Right-to-work bills failed to garner majority support in the Michigan...
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