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  • AFL-CIO to target 200 races

    AFL-CIO to target 200 races

    August 18, 2006

    CHICAGO (PAI) — The AFL-CIO is putting money and, more importantly, people into 200 political races this fall, including “every statewide U.S. Senate and governor’s race,” federation Political Director Karen Ackerman says. In an Aug. 8...

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  • Failing soldiers at home, too

    Failing soldiers at home, too

    August 18, 2006

    It’s well known that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld failed to protect the nation’s soldiers during the invasion of Iraq. Numerous news accounts and congressional reports have established that soldiers in Iraq fought without sufficient body...

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  • Stop Kroger the ogre

    Stop Kroger the ogre

    August 18, 2006

    “Stop Kroger the ogre” was the chant of nearly 2,000 Teamster members and their supporters, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James Hoffa, at a rally at the Kroger warehouse in Livonia, Mich., Aug. 6....

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  • Wake up Wal-Mart rocks St. Louis

    Wake up Wal-Mart rocks St. Louis

    August 18, 2006

    ST. LOUIS — As part of the nonstop, cross-country “2006 Change Wal-Mart, Change America” tour, over 150 trade unionists, activists and community leaders rallied here Aug. 11. The tour, scheduled to visit 35 cities in 19...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    August 18, 2006

    China: Wal-Marts to be union shops After 25 members of the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in Fujian Province established the first labor union in one of Wal-Mart’s 60 retail outlets July 30, China’s...

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