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NAFTA devastates Mexican farmers
December 13, 2002Commentary When negotiations for NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) were being finalized in 1993, the Mexican secretary of agriculture predicted that the pact would drive 13 million Mexican peasant farmers off their land. From the...
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Hearing focuses on wars impact
December 13, 2002CHICAGO – Over 300 trade union and community activists filled Teamsters Auditorium on Dec. 7 for a public hearing on how a war with Iraq would impact working people. The event, initiated by the Committee for...
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National Clips
December 13, 2002NEW ORLEANS, La.: Bush loses Bayou / SEATTLE: Peace, not war / RICHMOND, Va.: Governors demand change in Bush economic policy / WASHINGTON: Green Party wins in 2002 / STERLING, Colo.: WalMart sells donated Toys for...
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NYC transit workers fight for wages, safety
December 13, 2002NEW YORK – Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 may go on strike Dec. 16 and the nation’s largest public transportation system, moving more than 7 million people daily, may come to a stop. The union...
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AK ends 3-year lockout
December 13, 2002PITTSBURGH – Armco/Kawasaki (AK) Steel ended its three-year lockout of over 600 members of the USWA at its Mansfield, Ohio, plant Dec. 10. In a statement, the USWA hailed the triumph of union members’ solidarity. “The...
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