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AFSCME meet takes on war, organizing, elections
November 22, 2003Workers’ Correspondence Delegates to the 13th Biennial Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 in Illinois called upon members of Congress to refuse to approve the Bush administration’s request for...
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International Notes
November 22, 2003Lesotho: Strike leaders arrested The two top leaders of Lesotho’s Factory Workers Union (FAWU) – Billy Macaefa and Willie Matheo – have been arrested following last week’s strike and protest demonstration, the United Nations’ Integrated Regional...
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Ecuador: Peasant activist assassinated
November 22, 2003Ecuadorian campesino and environmental leader Angel Shingre was murdered on Nov. 4 in the city of Coca, Orellana province, where he lived. Shingre was a member and leader of numerous peasant and environmental groups in the...
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Turkish military attacks glass workers
November 22, 2003Security forces smashed a “tent city” outside a glass factory operated by the leading glass producer Pasabahce in Eskisehir, Turkey, and detained 100 union members including two officers of the Kristal-Is union, on Nov. 7. Workers...
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South Korea: Rumsfeld beset by protests
November 22, 2003Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to South Korea last week provoked stormy demonstrations over a period of several days. It was Rumsfeld’s first visit to the country as Bush’s defense secretary, and one of his...
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