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Editorial: Corporate looters
September 16, 2005Shaw Group, Fluor, Bechtel, Halliburton and its subsidiary KBR are flocking like vultures to feast on the $62 billion or more in federal contracts to rebuild the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. These “no bid” contracts...
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Forced labor a global menace
September 16, 2005Anna, now 21 years old, was born in the Ukrainian town of Kamenets-Podolsky, then still a part of the Soviet Union. During her early childhood, she led a typical family life and her basic needs were...
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Rally for locked-out boilermakers
September 16, 2005Over 1,000 workers and their families rallied in Meredosia in western Illinois on Labor Day in solidarity with 150 members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 484. The workers, who manufacture glue, resin and adhesives,...
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Watch out for Citizens Health Care Working Group
September 16, 2005As grassroots activists across the country pressure Congress and state capitols for universal, affordable health care, they are in danger of being whacked by a little known congressionally pushed “group.” The dishonestly named Citizens’ Health Care...
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Labor Update
September 16, 2005EFCA adds sponsors The Employee Free Choice Act recently added to its support in Congress. In the House, Republican Rep. Joe Schwarz (Mich.) and Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush (Ill.) are now co-sponsors of HR 1696. In...
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