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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
September 1, 2006San Francisco, Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strikes Thousands of hotel workers in San Francisco and Chicago, members of Unite Here, have voted to authorize strikes if labor disputes are not settled soon with major...
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WORLD NOTES
September 1, 2006South Korea: Autoworkers win gains After a series of strikes culminating in a month long work stoppage, Hyundai’s South Korean autoworkers won a one-year 5.1 percent wage increase. They initially sought a 9.1 percent hike. In...
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Mexico court rejects charges of election fraud
September 1, 2006In the wake of an Aug. 28 ruling by Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal that there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the July 2 election, leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed to continue...
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Bolivias constituent assembly runs into trouble
September 1, 2006As candidate for the Bolivian presidency in 2005, Evo Morales promised to nationalize hydrocarbon resources and to establish a constituent assembly. Nationalization of natural gas was announced on May 1. On Aug. 6, delegates to a...
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Sudanese strive for peace despite U.S. schemes
September 1, 2006NewsAnalysisThe United States may be the world’s only military superpower, but attempts by the Bush administration to get its way in northeastern Africa are meeting with resistance. The latest rebuke to U.S. imperialism is taking place...
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