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Cure for summer job blues
June 29, 2007“Fewer teens have summer jobs” — St. Cloud (Minn.) Times “Summer bummer: Jobs scarce” — Detroit Free Press “Finding good summer jobs is hard work” — KATV Little Rock “Feds slash city youth jobs program” —...
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New Mexico labor focuses on 2008 elections
June 29, 2007ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the opening remarks by New Mexico AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo to the speeches of various dignitaries at the state labor federation’s biannual convention here, June 15-16, it’s clear the labor movement is...
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Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial
June 29, 2007CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...
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June 30 WORLD NOTES
June 29, 2007Nigeria: General strike settled A general strike that had halted most major economic activity in Nigeria was called off June 24 with labor leaders accepting a government proposal to refrain from raising fuel prices for a...
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Separatist scheming imperils Bolivia
June 29, 2007Bolivian army commander Freddy Bersatti is worried about “subversive groups” and “abnormal movements.” His worries intensified after a two-day meeting in Santa Cruz of an Autonomous Council following which, on June 18, well-heeled right-wing separatist leaders...
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