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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
July 14, 2006Teamsters adopt reforms on diversity, sexual orientation Teamster convention delegates voted to add a new provision to their union’s constitution prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at their June convention. “We are committed to...
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Housing bubble threatening to burst
July 14, 2006Fed fights inflation by increasing unemployment and lowering wagesEveryone recognizes that the U.S. economy is slowing, but the question is, how bad will it get? One disturbing sign is that the Federal Reserve is raising interest...
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Rockford UAW activists get political
July 14, 2006Workers’ Correspondence Jobs Campaign activists met with UAW-endorsed congressional candidate Richard Auman at our weekly meeting June 5. The Jobs Campaign began 16 months ago when still-working, laid-off and retired UAW rank-and-filers first gathered at our...
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Teachers flunk Bush school law
July 14, 2006Saying its members believe George W. Bush’s school-funding legislation, the No Child Left Behind Act, gets “a failing grade,” the National Education Association voted July 4 to lobby for a comprehensive rewrite of the statute next...
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WORLDNOTES
July 14, 2006Canada: Peace activists say ‘Get out of Afghanistan’ The Canadian Peace Alliance, Canadian Labor Congress, Canadian Islamic Congress and Échec à la Guerre jointly announced plans in June for nationwide demonstrations aimed at bringing Canadian troops...
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