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N.Y. transit strike assessed
October 6, 2006NEW YORK — Several hundred transit workers, labor activists and academics gathered Sept. 28 for a conference titled “Assessing the NYC Transit Strike of 2005.” In his welcoming remarks, Gregory Mantsios, director of CUNY’s Center for...
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WORLD NOTES
October 6, 2006Britain: Union revolt erupts at Labor Party meet Delegates at Britain’s Labor Party Conference overwhelmingly passed a motion Sept. 27 challenging a National Health Service contract with the giant German delivery company DHL that takes effect...
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In close vote, Lula goes to runoff
October 6, 2006SÃO PAOLO, Brazil — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the 60-year-old former factory worker and labor union leader, on Oct. 1 narrowly fell short of the majority vote needed to avoid a runoff election here....
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Global unions: Release Colombian lawyer
October 6, 2006Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently.
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Left-wing festivals showcase politics, culture
October 6, 2006ATHENS, Greece — Autumn festivals organized by Communist parties and their allied youth groups are a longstanding tradition in many European countries, especially in Greece, Portugal, Spain and, since 1991, in the Czech Republic. The festivals...
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