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Louisville passes living wage ordinance
December 5, 2002LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On Nov. 26, workers here won a major victory when the Board of Alders passed a Living Wage Ordinance by a vote of 9 to 1. The ordinance will raise the minimum pay...
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Transit bosses create conditions that killed two: Labor contract deadline is Dec. 15
December 5, 2002Workers Correspondence Light maintainer Kurien Baby and signal maintainer Joy Antony would be alive today had the New York City Transit, part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), enforced track safety rules. Transport Workers Union of...
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Henry Kissinger
December 5, 2002With the appointment of Henry Kissinger to chair the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, we are reprinting excerpts of this column from 1971. The full text will appear in People Versus Profits, the Columns of...
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Hate groups meet resistance in Milwaukee
December 5, 2002MILWAUKEE – White supremacist groups held a march and rally Nov. 23 terminating on the steps of the Federal Courthouse here, drawing 50 to 60 participants and more than a thousand counterdemonstrators. This corresponded with predictions...
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Democratic HADASH front chooses Knesset candidates
December 5, 2002TEL AVIV – The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH) 400-member council met Nov. 30 to elect its candidates for the January 28 general elections. Incumbent Knesset Member (MK) and chair of the Front Muhammad...
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