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  • Washingtons long war against Cuba

    Washingtons long war against Cuba

    July 14, 2006

    Following up on a May 2004 report, the “U.S. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba” issued an update that appeared on the State Department web site on June 20, but was not unveiled publicly until...

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  • Plumbers put health care in the pipeline

    Plumbers put health care in the pipeline

    July 14, 2006

    Plumbers local unions in Memphis, Tenn., and Northwood, Ohio, have endorsed HR 676, legislation introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) that would implement a single-payer health care system in the U.S. The locals are affiliated with...

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  • Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns

    Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns

    July 14, 2006

    Safety concerns on the trains they run dominated the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s conference in Las Vegas in late June. Topping the list were railroads’ plans to cut the crew members per train down...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR

    July 14, 2006

    Teamsters adopt reforms on diversity, sexual orientation Teamster convention delegates voted to add a new provision to their union’s constitution prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at their June convention. “We are committed to...

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  • Housing bubble threatening to burst

    Housing bubble threatening to burst

    July 14, 2006

    Fed fights inflation by increasing unemployment and lowering wagesEveryone recognizes that the U.S. economy is slowing, but the question is, how bad will it get? One disturbing sign is that the Federal Reserve is raising interest...

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