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World Notes
September 9, 2005Tonga: Public workers’ strike continues Thousands of public workers continued their strike last week, after rejecting a proposal by Princess Regent Pilolevu to grant them salary increases of 60 percent to 80 percent, but only on...
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Venezuelas land reform challenges elite
September 9, 2005Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, signing new land reform decrees last January, declared, “The war against the large estates is the essence of the Bolivarian Revolution. It’s land for the campesinos, land for the ones who work...
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National Clips
September 9, 2005PITTSBURGH: Workers demand boost in minimum wage “This is a day to celebrate the American dream,” roared an angry Steelworkers President Leo Gerard. “But right now, the minimum wage won’t buy you two gallons of gas.”...
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Rising fuel costs alarm Kentuckys workers
September 9, 2005OWENSBORO, Ky. — As residents of Daviess County watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, they had no way of knowing how quickly they would also feel the impact of this disastrous storm...
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CPUSA demands federal support for Katrina survivors
September 9, 2005The Communist Party USA reacted with outrage and sorrow to the tragedy inflicted on the people of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, a tragedy compounded by what it called the “slow motion” response of the...
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