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The ILWU longshore contract by the numbers
July 19, 2002The longshore workers who load and unload the cargo ships on the West Coast are locked in a struggle for a new contract. Their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), is under attack by...
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The ILWU longshore contract by the numbers
July 19, 2002The longshore workers who load and unload the cargo ships on the West Coast are locked in a struggle for a new contract. Their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), is under attack by...
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Senate passes accounting bill
July 19, 2002The battle to rein in corporate fraud by toughening accounting standards moved to the House of Representatives during the week of July 15 after clearing the Senate by a vote of 97-0.
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Freedom Under Fire
July 19, 2002Excerpts from the 2002 NAACP Convention Address, Houston, Tex., July 7, 2002. This year’s convention theme – Freedom Under Fire – is appropriate in many ways. So, too, is the city and state in which we...
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Opposition grows to U.S. attack on Iraq
July 19, 2002As the Bush administration steps up its threats against Iraq, other governments, especially in the Middle East, are raising strenuous objections. Last week Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko reiterated his country’s opposition to any military...
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