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  • Labor Update

    Labor Update

    October 14, 2005

    Supreme union buster? “The threat of a union organizing effort or strike can be traumatic for any company — which is why you need an experienced partner on your side,” says the public relations promo material...

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  • Cable workers communicate

    Cable workers communicate

    October 14, 2005

    STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — “We’ll be back!” was the cry of the 100 members of the Communication Workers of America, joined by supporters from Jobs With Justice, as they wrapped up an informational picket line at...

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  • Philadelphia parents hit Bennett school contract

    Philadelphia parents hit Bennett school contract

    October 14, 2005

    Philadelphia parents and education advocates are incensed that science curriculum materials in the city’s kindergarten through third grade are supplied under a $3 million contract by a company run by William Bennett, former secretary of education...

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  • Texans oppose marriage-ban amendment

    Texans oppose marriage-ban amendment

    October 14, 2005

    HOUSTON — A state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages will be voted on Nov. 8 in Texas. If passed, Proposition 2 could eliminate gay unions all together. Progressive activists, advocates, and some politicians are outraged at...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    October 14, 2005

    Japan: Court rules shrine visits ‘unconstitutional’ The Osaka High Court ruled Sept. 30 that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to Yasukuni Shrine, a religious institution honoring Japanese World War II dead, including the worst war criminals,...

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