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  • Labor Nation agency slammed

    Labor Nation agency slammed

    September 19, 2003

    CHICAGO – “Is this a union town?” asked Tim Leahy, secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). “How strong is labor if places like Labor Nation supply scabs? This fight isn’t just a fight just...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    September 19, 2003

    Venezuela: Recall petitions rejected The National Electoral College (CNE) last week rejected petitions for a referendum on the recall of popularly elected President Hugo Chavez. In a decision announced Sept. 12, the country’s highest electoral body...

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  • WTO meet fails: Developing nations demand fair farm policies

    WTO meet fails: Developing nations demand fair farm policies

    September 19, 2003

    The World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in Cancun collapsed Sept. 14 after a newly-formed alliance of developing nations said the U.S., European Union (EU) and Japan had failed to make acceptable proposals on agriculture and other...

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  • Lawmakers urge trade with Cuba

    Lawmakers urge trade with Cuba

    September 19, 2003

    In an important breakthrough for U.S.-Cuba trade, two members of Montana’s congressional delegation clinched an agreement in Havana on Sept. 14 to sell $10 million of agricultural products to the island nation. The products include Montana...

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  • Panel on U.S. role in Chiles coup

    Panel on U.S. role in Chiles coup

    September 19, 2003

    DALLAS – On Sept. 11 the Dallas Peace Center presented a program titled “Terrorism, Theirs and Ours” at the Magnolia Theater. About 150 peace activists gathered to view the film documentary “The Battle of Chile, Part...

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