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Hotel workers check in on struggle nationwide
October 13, 2006NEW YORK — Unite Here’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., in late September, the union reported here recently. In a separate triumph, Unite Here Local 5...
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Bushs reckless, imperial foreign policy
October 13, 2006A March 2006 Council on Foreign Relations task force report on Russia, co-chaired by Jack Kemp and John Edwards, recommended the United States adopt a Cold War approach toward Russia. According to the task force, Russian...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
October 13, 2006RNs threaten strike for union rights Thirty thousand members of the California Nurses Association have signed strike pledges putting employers in all CNA-represented facilities on notice that RN’s will strike any employer who seeks to exploit...
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WORLD NOTES
October 13, 2006Japan: No free ride for new, right-wing premier The first cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under criticism at a Sept. 26 meeting of Communist delegates to the Japanese Diet. Party Chair Shii...
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Teacher-student strike wave sweeps Greece
October 13, 2006ATHENS, Greece — The nationwide public school system here has been virtually shut down as preschool and primary school teachers enter the fourth week of their strike, high school teachers conduct two-day work stoppages, and junior...
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