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Guest workers fired after protesting slave conditions
March 23, 2007Hundreds of guest workers from India are protesting conditions in a Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard that immigrant rights activists compare to slavery. Many of the workers gathered in a church on March 11 in this Gulf Coast...
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From statehouse to village green, Americans stand for peace
March 23, 2007More than 1,000 local peace actions marked the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war. Below is a sampling from our correspondents.Arizona: Four days of vigils and marches marked the war’s fourth anniversary in Tucson. About 200...
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Ethanol, energy and profits
March 23, 2007President Bush’s recent swing through Central and South America was aimed at bolstering relations in the face of increasing movements for independence from U.S. domination. It has been a period of relative regional neglect with America’s...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 23, 2007Tell McDonald’s, you’re not lovin’ it Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for McDonald’s don’t have the right to unionize or to receive overtime pay and have no benefits. Most make under $10,000 per year. Liz Cattaneo of...
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WORLD NOTES
March 23, 2007Germany: Retirement age raised The German Parliament voted 408-169 March 9 to approve a measure backed by a Social Democrat-Christian Democrat coalition to reset Germans’ retirement age from 65 to 67. Communists and labor-backed legislators opposed...
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