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  • EDITORIAL: Wall Street tumbles …

    EDITORIAL: Wall Street tumbles …

    March 2, 2007

    The question, “Are we heading into a recession?” has been hanging like a dark cloud over Wall Street since the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 416 points Feb. 27, the stock market’s worst day since Sept....

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  • We need this law

    We need this law

    March 2, 2007

    Workers in more than 100 cities met with members of Congress and community leaders to push for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, HR 800. Here are two reports.OAKLAND, Calif.— On Feb. 24, workers told...

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  • Freedoms road includes the right to organize

    Freedoms road includes the right to organize

    March 2, 2007

    The continuing effort by the world’s largest meatpacking giant to keep out a union has been transformed by its workers into a drive in Congress to streamline the way all American workers win the right to...

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  • Ford workers call for green jobs

    Ford workers call for green jobs

    March 2, 2007 By Barb Kucera

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (PAI) — Minnesota’s United Auto Workers are taking their fight to save jobs at the St. Paul Ford plant to the state Capitol, where proposed legislation would require the company to maintain the...

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  • Are you feelin the love yet?

    Are you feelin the love yet?

    March 2, 2007

    Commentary My fellow workers — are you feeling the love? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers have called for a march on Washington in support of workers’ rights! Has the class...

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