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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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Ecuadorians struggle to reshape government
March 23, 2007News Analysis It would seem that formal democracy, which began in Ecuador nearly 30 years ago, and which has been much bragged about by fans of “Western Hemispheric representative democracy,” has definite limitations. The country is...
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Cuban 5 gain solidarity, respect
March 23, 2007They are in U.S. jails for well over eight years, yet international support for the Cuban Five is growing. Their story highlights U.S. hypocrisy, and the example they provide of dedication to principle has gained increasing...
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In Mexico, defeated candidate defies right wing
March 23, 2007MEXICO CITY — Eight months after having an election apparently stolen from him through fraud, former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his supporters refuse to concede defeat. Critics of the July 2006 presidential vote...
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