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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
October 13, 2006RNs threaten strike for union rights Thirty thousand members of the California Nurses Association have signed strike pledges putting employers in all CNA-represented facilities on notice that RN’s will strike any employer who seeks to exploit...
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WORLD NOTES
October 13, 2006Japan: No free ride for new, right-wing premier The first cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under criticism at a Sept. 26 meeting of Communist delegates to the Japanese Diet. Party Chair Shii...
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Teacher-student strike wave sweeps Greece
October 13, 2006ATHENS, Greece — The nationwide public school system here has been virtually shut down as preschool and primary school teachers enter the fourth week of their strike, high school teachers conduct two-day work stoppages, and junior...
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Left-wing candidate leading in Ecuadors polls
October 13, 2006CommentaryAn Oct. 7 poll by the Cedatos/Gallup group shows Rafael Correa, a left-wing economist who opposes Washington’s “free trade” policies, is leading in the country’s presidential race with 37 percent of the electorate’s support. Correa’s closest...
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Posada and Bushs war on terror jam
October 13, 2006Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is back in the news. Posada is the admitted mastermind behind the bombing of a Cubana Airlines jet, which killed 73 people in a midair explosion over Barbados...
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