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Chile revisited a hopeful time
May 19, 2006Everything looked different as we landed in Santiago Chile last month. The Andes Mountains were still awesome, even if the snow cap is shrinking. Just a few miles away, the Pacific Ocean still sparkled blue. The...
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THISWEEKINLABOR
May 19, 2006New accord on Solidarity Charters Faced with a split in labor’s political operations, the AFL-CIO and Change to Win reached a new agreement May 8 on letting Change to Win union locals get Solidarity Charters. The...
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BP plant cited as worst polluter
May 19, 2006HOUSTON — The BP Texas City refinery, notorious for the deaths of 15 workers in March 2005, has been cited as the worst polluter in the United States. The pollution released from the plant tripled in...
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Auto workers at Delphi authorize strike
May 19, 2006SAGINAW, Mich. — In strike votes at 21 Delphi Corp. plants across the country, members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s plan to scrap its union contracts, fire three-quarters of its...
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Mega-rich families spend millions to repeal estate tax
May 19, 2006“Money to get power, and power to guard the money,” was the motto of the powerful Medici family in 16th century Florence, Italy. It is getting to be a successful modern political strategy for some of...
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