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EDITORIAL: A vote heard round the world
August 11, 2006Connecticut Democratic voters took a dramatic stand that shook the nation in last Tuesday’s primary. Their vote to send Joe Lieberman home and put Ned Lamont in the U.S. Senate changes the political landscape and adds...
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Exposing the myths: Why Wal-Mart can pay a living wage
August 11, 2006Chicago made national news the last week in July when it became the largest city in the country to set minimum wage and benefit standards for retail workers. The City Council voted 35-14 in favor of...
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Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor
August 11, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California heat wave last month killed more people than either the Northridge earthquake of 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 or the wildfires of 2003. On July 29, the record two-week...
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UE workers fight health care takeaways
August 11, 2006TAUNTON, Mass. — When Esterline Haskon Aerospace Corp. here tried to force members of United Electrical Workers Local 204 to pay huge, up-front health care deductibles, increased co-pays, and higher premiums during contract negotiations, the workers...
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LCLAA spells solidarity
August 11, 2006SAN ANTONIO — If anybody thought the working class is splintering under the American right wing’s battering ram, they could take heart from the convention of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), which concluded...
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