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This week in labor
December 16, 2005‘Union protection’ takes on new meaning Five hundred workers who make Trojan brand condoms at Church & Dwight Co. in Richmond, Va., rejected a fierce anti-union campaign and voted 277-177 for the International Association of Machinists...
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Capitalist democracy Life in the former Soviet Union
December 16, 2005Wages, pensions, public health, education are all devastated George Bush preached “democracy” to China last month, just as his father and Ronald Reagan preached “democracy” to the Soviet Union in the 1980s. By democracy, Bush and...
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N.Y. transit workers authorize strike
December 16, 2005Some 7,000 New York City transit workers packed a cavernous hall at the Javits Convention Center Dec. 10 to hear a report from the leadership of Transit Workers Union Local 100 on the status of contract...
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Iran leaders rhetoric masks hidden agenda
December 16, 2005News Analysis Recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, including his provocative rhetoric toward Israel and the U.S., can only be understood in the context of Iran’s troubled domestic politics. Last June’s presidential election in Iran,...
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World Notes
December 16, 2005World unionists demand freedom for Cuban 5 Over 500 delegates from 75 countries, attending the 15th Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions, last week demanded immediate release of the five Cuban nationals wrongfully imprisoned...
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