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New survey: Fund storm aid, not war
November 4, 2005A poll released late last month sheds dramatic new light on Americans’ priorities for use of their country’s resources, and reveals contradictory views on poverty and race in the United States. One of the survey’s most...
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World Notes
November 4, 2005Greece: First Call Center Conference Union Network International’s first-ever Call Center Conference, meeting last week in Athens, focused on how to ensure that outsourced or offshored work is unionized. The conference heard how UNI’s newest union,...
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Asia earthquake relief effort racing against time
November 4, 2005A massive relief operation is under way following the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan and parts of India on Oct. 8, but all involved say the operation faces unprecedented challenges. Current reports place the death toll...
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Growing worldwide support for the Cuban 5
November 4, 2005On Sept. 12, five Cuban nationals completed their seventh year in U.S. jails. Their “crime”: trying to foil terrorist attacks on Cuba emanating from right-wing groups in Miami. Supporters of the five — Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo...
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Poll: Calif. govs initatives losing
November 4, 2005As California’s Nov. 8 special election approached, the fortunes of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pro-corporate agenda were continuing to slip. In good news for labor and community groups opposing the governor’s ballot measures, support for Prop. 75...
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