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EDITORIAL: Scoundrels refuge
June 15, 2007In the seventh year of his administration, George W. Bush has gained notoriety as perhaps the most hypocritical president in U.S. history. He did nothing to repair that sorry reputation in dedicating the “Victims of Communism”...
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Workers with rights, not guests who are slaves
June 15, 2007Growing up in western Texas as the daughter of cotton sharecroppers, I spent my summers weeding cotton, five days a week, 10 hours a day, in 95-degree heat. As grueling as this workload was, others had...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
June 15, 2007Who’s the boss? A series of recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board has raised the possibility that millions of Americans may have their right to join together in unions stripped away because of word...
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Can we reindustrialize?
June 15, 2007Last month Toyota surpassed General Motors as the world’s biggest automaker. It’s only the latest sign that U.S. manufacturing industry is in trouble. So is British manufacturing, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Committee...
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New Haven unites to stop immigrant raids
June 15, 2007NEW HAVEN, Conn. — On June 4, while the Bush administration twisted arms in Congress to pass an exploitative guest worker program, New Haven became the first city in the country to issue a municipal ID...
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