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Bakers rise up: Working at Fiesta Mart in Houston is no party
June 30, 2006HOUSTON — Bakery commissary workers at the Fiesta Mart grocery store on Wirt Road in Houston will vote June 30 on whether to join the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 130. Concurrently,...
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Nurses sue hospitals: Conspiracy to hold down pay charged
June 30, 2006As more and more nurses are being driven from their profession due to low wages, understaffing and overwork, a group of them filed class-action lawsuits last week against hospitals in Chicago, Memphis, San Antonio and Albany,...
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WORKERS’ CORRESPONDENCE
June 30, 2006UAW Convention reportA worker correspondent who attended the recent UAW convention as a delegate sent in this report: Delegates at the UAW Constitutional Convention held in Las Vegas spent their time discussing issues important to their...
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New York teacher exposes results of Republican takeover of public education
June 30, 2006“This is the first time toilet paper inspired me to write an article,” says our correspondent, a United Federation of Teachers delegate. “I was working at the committee on special education writing a psychological report. I...
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WORLD NOTES
June 30, 2006Afghanistan: U.S. air strikes rise sharply As part of a major military offensive against revived Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan, as of mid-June U.S. forces had launched 240 air strikes there over a three-month period, more...
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