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  • Victory for Florida tomato workers

    Victory for Florida tomato workers

    March 11, 2005

    Workers in Florida’s tomato fields won a pay raise after a hard-fought struggle that focused on fast food giant Taco Bell. Taco Bell announced March 8 that it will fund a penny per pound “pass through”...

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  • NLRB sticks it to workers

    NLRB sticks it to workers

    March 11, 2005

    LAS VEGAS — Millions of American workers will now need to get permission from the boss to join a union organizing drive as a result of a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)....

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    March 11, 2005

    Bolivia: Congress rejects president’s resignation The Bolivian Congress voted unanimously March 8 to reject the resignation President Carlos Mesa had submitted a day earlier, saying ongoing popular protests had made it impossible for him to continue....

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  • White House seeks to block food sales to Cuba

    White House seeks to block food sales to Cuba

    March 11, 2005

    The Bush administration wants to close a hole in the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Congress passed legislation in 2000 opening up sales of U.S. farm products to the island nation, but machinations at U.S ports...

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  • Italian reporter: My truth and consequences of a dirty war

    Italian reporter: My truth and consequences of a dirty war

    March 11, 2005

    Little did Giuliana Sgrena know that after she had been released by her captors in Iraq she faced a bigger obstacle to her freedom: the U.S. occupation forces.

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