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Where your money goes: Were getting poorer because were paying more for debt
December 15, 2006So, let’s link two recent financial stories: 1. According the Federal Reserve’s latest quarterly “Flow of Funds” report, household debt continues to climb, topping out at 24 percent of household net worth and 135.5 percent of...
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Raytheon strikers get a boost
December 15, 2006TUCSON, Ariz. — Striking workers at Raytheon here got a morale boost Dec. 8 with a show of community solidarity in honor of International Human Rights Day. The strikers, members of Local 933 of the Machinists...
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Bay Area unions support Alcatraz ferry workers
December 15, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — A thousand workers from unions throughout the Bay Area joined in a march and rally on this city’s historic waterfront Dec. 9. The action supported union workers who lost their jobs when ferry...
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WORLD NOTES
December 15, 2006India: Dalits rally for rights Indian people belonging to the Dalit caste, known as “untouchables,” assembled Dec. 6 in Mumbai for a demonstration marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the Dalit...
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Gaza journalist spotlights crimes of Israeli occupation
December 15, 2006NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — “You can get a phone call with a recorded message in a broken Arabic language … ‘Evacuate your house, we are coming to destroy it,’” said Mohammed Omer. Omer, a 22-year-old journalist...
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