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  • Workers rights are human rights

    Workers rights are human rights

    December 12, 2003

    On Human Rights Day, 2003 WASHINGTON – Chanting “Workers’ rights are human rights,” more than 1,000 union workers rallied in front of the U.S. Labor Department Dec. 10. The multiracial crowd wore union caps and jackets...

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  • U.S. military attacks Iraqi trade unions

    U.S. military attacks Iraqi trade unions

    December 12, 2003 By Susan Webb

    A U.S. occupation force involving 10 armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Baghdad, Dec. 6. They arrested eight of its leaders and members, who were...

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  • The Thrill and the Agony  This week in sports by Chas Walker

    The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker

    December 5, 2003

    Giving thanks for touchdowns In many households, football is as much a part of the Thanksgiving tradition as is turkey. Sitting down to watch Thursday’s games gives us the chance to bond with (or in some...

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  • Pickets cross Borders

    Pickets cross Borders

    December 5, 2003

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. – “We will stay on strike until Borders [bookstores] bargains in good faith,” say striking workers affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 on the picket line at Borders’ number...

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  • John Donahue, fighter for the homeless

    John Donahue, fighter for the homeless

    December 5, 2003

    John Donahue, the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, died on Nov. 17. Donahue – known to his many friends as Juancho – was hospitalized at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was...

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