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  • Devil in the details

    Devil in the details

    January 28, 2005

    President Bush’s pitch to workers, especially young workers, that privatization will make you rich is a Wall Street swindle. A detailed analysis of the most likely Bush administration proposals for Social Security included in the Goldman...

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  • Labor leads fight to block fare hikes

    Labor leads fight to block fare hikes

    January 28, 2005

    PHILADELPHIA — Over 150 people representing a wide range of organizations packed the hall for a press conference at the AFL-CIO headquarters here Jan. 12 to launch the Pennsylvania Transit Coalition. The first task is to...

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  • Steelworkers, PACE to vote on merger

    Steelworkers, PACE to vote on merger

    January 28, 2005

    PITTSBURGH – Corporate mergers, bankruptcies and layoffs dominate the headlines. Below the radar, mining, energy and manufacturing workers are uniting to support their families, sustain their communities and protect retirees. The 550,000-member United Steel Workers of...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    January 28, 2005

    Haiti: African Union seeks peaceful resolution After last week’s meeting in Pretoria with South African President Thabo Mbeki and exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, African Union Commission chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare said the AU is ready...

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  • Cuba trains doctors for U.S.

    Cuba trains doctors for U.S.

    January 28, 2005

    U.S. young people are off to Cuba in mid February to study medicine at that nation’s Latin American School of Medicine (LASM). They join 8,000 other students already there. The students, from 26 countries, including eight...

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