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  • Autoworkers and national health care

    Autoworkers and national health care

    August 31, 2007

    Back in the 1950s, Charles Wilson, then GM’s president, declared, “What’s good for General Motors is good for America.” Reeking with more arrogance than corporate benevolence, the quote certainly doesn’t apply anymore, if it ever did....

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Sept. 1

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Sept. 1

    August 31, 2007

    Workers ‘very happy’ on their jobs! We were hoping for some good news and that’s just what we got this week from a research outfit that works for some of the nation’s biggest nonunion companies. Just...

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  • N.Y. transit union spurs fight for safety

    N.Y. transit union spurs fight for safety

    August 31, 2007

    NEW YORK — In June the New York Legislature passed a measure sponsored by the Transport Workers Union designed to enhance the safety of union members and all workers who toil in proximity to the moving...

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  • Casino workers talk union

    Casino workers talk union

    August 31, 2007

    Talk of union is running high in the world’s largest casino located in southeastern Connecticut. Since opening 15 years ago, Foxwoods, which employs 12,000, has become the biggest private employer in the state. Most of the...

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  • WORLD NOTES: Sept. 1

    WORLD NOTES: Sept. 1

    August 31, 2007

    Canada: Quebec opposes war in Afghanistan In the next year and a half, Canada must decide on its continued deployment of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. On Aug. 23, two Quebec soldiers became Canada’s 68th and 69th...

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