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  • Dismal stats call for action: New BLS report shows urgency of Employee Free Choice Act

    Dismal stats call for action: New BLS report shows urgency of Employee Free Choice Act

    February 2, 2007

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — The number of unionists declined by 326,000 from 2005 to 2006, dropping to 12 percent of the U.S. labor force, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. But there were big jumps of...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    February 2, 2007

    India: Major economic growth projected According to a recent Goldman Sachs report, India will become the world’s fifth largest economy within 10 years, moving ahead of Italy, France and Great Britain. India may reach second place...

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  • Lebanon crisis a mix of complex issues

    Lebanon crisis a mix of complex issues

    February 2, 2007

    Protests and a Jan. 23 one-day general strike have rocked Lebanon. Some violent incidents resulted in three deaths and 100 injuries. The violence is one factor triggering Lebanese fears of a new civil war, but there...

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  • Venezuelan Communists push workers councils

    Venezuelan Communists push workers councils

    February 2, 2007

    The Communist Party of Venezuela (CPV) is about to introduce a proposal that the National Assembly establish workers councils and include them under the new “Organic Law for Citizen Participation and People’s Power.” At a Caracas...

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  • Nairobi forum demands release of Cuban 5

    Nairobi forum demands release of Cuban 5

    February 2, 2007

    The World Social Forum in Nairobi concluded Jan. 25 with the approval of a motion in support of the world campaign for the release of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in U.S. prisons. Antonio Guerrero,...

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