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CLUW fights for family leave
June 23, 2006Big business tried to keep the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) from becoming law in 1993. Now the business lobby is trying to dismantle one of this era’s most family-friendly reforms, says the Coalition of...
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The power of solidarity
June 23, 2006Worker's Correspondence Last week at the monthly meeting of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus here in the Chicago area, our union local vice president mentioned that the Laborers’ strike had been settled “very favorably” thanks in...
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WORLDNOTES
June 23, 2006Venezuela: Indigenous voices for peace Hundreds of indigenous leaders took part in the First National March of the Indigenous People in Caracas on June 10 in support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and unity of their...
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Mexico presidential race reaches boiling point
June 23, 2006MEXICO CITY — Buildings and walls across the city are splashed with election billboards and graffiti as passions boil over in one of Mexico’s most heated presidential election campaigns ever. Mexicans go to the polls July...
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UN panel urges self-determination for Puerto Rico, once again
June 23, 2006UNITED NATIONS — The UN Special Committee on Decolonization reaffirmed Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination and independence last week, calling on the United States to “expedite a process that will allow” the Caribbean nation to exercise...
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