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Transit worker victory in Philadelphia
November 11, 2005PHILADELPHIA — Buses, subways and trolleys began running again here early Monday morning Nov. 7 as members of Transportation Workers Union Local 234 and United Transportation Union Local 1594 returned to work with a new four-year...
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This week in labor
November 11, 2005Boeing strikers in Ala. free speech victory The 1,500 Machinist union members on strike against Boeing started their second week on the picket line with an important legal victory. On Nov. 7, a federal judge ruled...
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Canadian teachers force govt retreat
November 11, 2005VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After two weeks of striking in defiance of government anti-strike laws, British Columbia’s 38,000 public school teachers returned to the classroom Oct. 24, strongly united for the next round of battles for...
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World Notes
November 11, 2005Korean Peninsula: Working together for Olympics North and South Korea agreed Nov. 1 to send a unified team to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and to next year’s Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, The New York...
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Holiday canceled, but 200,000 celebrate Russian Revolution
November 11, 2005Though the long-standing Nov. 7 holiday celebrating the anniversary of the Russian Revolution has been canceled, press reports indicate that nearly 200,000 people throughout the country observed the holiday anyway, with rallies, demonstrations and ceremonies. Over...
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