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  • Miami spy case seen as political ploy

    Miami spy case seen as political ploy

    January 27, 2006

    On Jan. 6, federal authorities arrested husband and wife Carlos Alvarez and Elsa Prieto, professors at Miami’s Florida International University (FIU). Proponents of dialogue between Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits, the couple frequently...

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  • Ford to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs

    Ford to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs

    January 27, 2006

    DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to cut up to 30,000 jobs and shutter 14 plants in a sweeping restructuring of its North American auto business. The cuts represent up to 25 percent of...

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  • Oakland teachers encouraged by fact finders report

    Oakland teachers encouraged by fact finders report

    January 27, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Teachers here are encouraged by a long-awaited arbitrator’s report, released Jan. 23, bolstering their contention that the Oakland Unified School District can afford to raise salaries by up to 2.5 percent and that...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    January 27, 2006

    OAKLAND, Calif.: Dellums seeks ‘model city’ Participants from many East Bay community and labor organizations gathered for the Socially Responsible Network’s 2006 kick-off Jan. 21 and heard former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums deliver a ringing vision...

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  • Calif. almond workers demand a voice at work

    Calif. almond workers demand a voice at work

    January 27, 2006

    For the last year and a half, efforts by over 600 almond workers at Blue Diamond Growers’ Sacramento plant to join Local 17 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and gain the respect, raises...

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