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You are the news: Readers we need your eyes and ears
October 27, 2006Readers – we need your eyes and ears The newspaper of America’s working class needs eyes and ears in every workplace and every community. In the time-honored tradition of working-class journalism, the People’s Weekly World actively...
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Detroit medical students rally to save training program
October 27, 2006Privatization push may be undermining university-hospital partnershipDETROIT — The concept of “going to the doctor” for a mild health problem does not exist for many Americans. They are forced to wait until their condition has become...
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Unions on the move in North Carolina
October 27, 2006RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — “Unions seem to be becoming more and more active in North Carolina,” Jack Hawke, a former state Republican Party chairman, warned fellow conservatives at a recent Raleigh event. “And a lot of...
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CWA and Indian unions take on call centers
October 27, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — The burgeoning thousands of call center workers in India who serve U.S. and multinational companies, and who got jobs formerly handled by U.S. unionists, are tough to organize. They need new types of...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
October 27, 2006Goodyear strike solid “Our people are solid. We haven’t had anyone cross the line,” USW Local 12 President Dennis Battles told the World Oct. 24. The threatened closure of Goodyear’s plant in Gadsden, Ala., along with...
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