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U.S., Canada and UK unions begin talks
April 13, 2007Merger talks between the United Steelworkers union (USW), based in the U.S. and Canada, and Amicus, the 1-million-member-strong and largest union in the UK, will open at the end April. The possible merger would unite workers...
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Foreclosures point to systemic crisis
April 13, 2007Economic processes are not seasonal, one-night stands or an act of nature or God. Although all those factors can appear in stories about the economy, and be parts of the equation, economic processes are human-made and...
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Tax battle erupts in Illinois
April 13, 2007CHICAGO — A battle has erupted in Illinois over taxing corporations, pitting many labor, health care, and community organizations and small business owners against some of the nation’s largest companies. In introducing his state budget proposal,...
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WORLD NOTES
April 13, 2007Uganda: High court upholds women’s rights Uganda’s Constitutional Court ruled April 4 that provisions of the Penal Code and Succession Acts affecting women are unconstitutional. The court’s decision was in response to petitions brought in 2005...
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Venezuelas Communists hold off on new party
April 13, 2007The special 13th Congress of the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) wound up its deliberations March 4 with a declaration of support for the policies of President Hugo Chavez. But for now, it will not dissolve itself...
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