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Labor activists question mayoral endorsement
September 9, 2005News Analysis NEW YORK — Labor activists are puzzled as to why a few important unions here have given their endorsement to incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the upcoming mayoral election. His tenure has been marked...
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In New York City elections: Protect the peoples interests: Dump Bloomberg
September 9, 2005Commentary Mayor Bloomberg is a billionaire businessman, and as the saying goes, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree — though in this case I’m referring not to his children, but to his policies. This...
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World Notes
September 9, 2005Tonga: Public workers’ strike continues Thousands of public workers continued their strike last week, after rejecting a proposal by Princess Regent Pilolevu to grant them salary increases of 60 percent to 80 percent, but only on...
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Venezuelas land reform challenges elite
September 9, 2005Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, signing new land reform decrees last January, declared, “The war against the large estates is the essence of the Bolivarian Revolution. It’s land for the campesinos, land for the ones who work...
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National Clips
September 9, 2005PITTSBURGH: Workers demand boost in minimum wage “This is a day to celebrate the American dream,” roared an angry Steelworkers President Leo Gerard. “But right now, the minimum wage won’t buy you two gallons of gas.”...
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