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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
December 8, 2006N.C. alliance supports Smithfield workers A coalition including the state NAACP, the North Carolina Council of Churches and the United Food and Commercial Workers reached across the state of North Carolina Dec. 2 to hold protests...
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Housing costs: Why cant union workers live in NYC?
December 8, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceNew York City’s rapidly increasing cost of living makes residency within its five boroughs unaffordable. During recent contract negotiations between the city and AFSCME DC 37 moves were made toward giving public workers the right...
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Coal miners still await action for safe mines
December 8, 2006PITTSBURGH — Mining is a basic industry, not given to fluff or mounds of paper. Despite the history-making call by West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin to halt coal production in the state in the wake of...
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WORLD NOTES
December 8, 2006Nigeria: Focus on South-South ties A first-ever summit of 53 African and 12 South American countries opened Nov. 29 in Abuja, Nigeria. Organized by the African Union, the meeting had South-South cooperation as its main theme....
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U.S. policies sharpen Lebanon conflicts
December 8, 2006Demonstrations have taken over Beirut. Pundits say Lebanon may be on the brink of a new civil war. With Lebanon’s politics being a complicated mix of religion, family loyalties, class and outside intervention, current U.S. policies...
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