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Shaking and making U.S. history
May 26, 2006After almost nine decades, it’s clear there’s no stopping the country’s young communists Over its 84-year history, the communist youth movement has taken part in and led some of the most important struggles of working-class youth...
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This week in labor
May 26, 2006Meat packers win overtime pay If you work in a meat processing plant, your workday starts long before you step into your place on the line. Before you lash on your arm and hand protection, you’re...
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Connecticut PWW honors state AFL-CIO
May 26, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — At the People’s Weekly World annual May Day celebration here, Connecticut AFL-CIO President John Olsen recalled that only two years ago Connecticut Labor Against the War was awarded the Connecticut PWW’s Newsmaker...
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New Yorks TWU Local 100 storms Albany
May 26, 2006ALBANY, N.Y. — Torrential rains couldn’t dampen the spirits of NYC transit workers as they boarded buses at locations across New York City May 16 for a trip to the state capital here. They presented Transport...
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Rank-and-filers demand Employee Free Choice Act
May 26, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — Bob Boyle was fired April 28 from Oesterling’s Sandblasting Co., just outside Butler, Pa. “I wanted a little better and safer place to work,” said the 17-year veteran of the plant. Boyle and...
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