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ILWU tries to break negotiation stalemate
July 19, 2002The West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is attempting to break the stalemate surrounding the longshore contract negotiations by presenting a sweeping propoosal on technology to the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).
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Danger! Pensions and Wall St. dont mix
July 19, 2002News Analysis With cascading exposures of massive corporate fraud, we are hearing a lot about the impact on investors. Why should readers of the World care? Most are not Wall Street players.
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Homeland Security: open to misuse and abuse
July 19, 2002Heads of eleven news associations sent a letter to members of Congress, July 10, urging them to reject sections of the Homeland Security Act, stating they are “ripe for misuse and abuse.”
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Corporate thievery: A new political moment
July 19, 2002Were Shakespeare still gracing this world with his presence he would almost certainly exclaim, “There’s something rotten about the system of capitalism.” No wonder! Each day millions are learning that insider trading, sleazy accounting, profit inflation,...
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Grassroots meeting urges good jobs now
July 19, 2002LINTHICUM, MD. – Washington-based Good Jobs First (GJF) brought together 300 labor union, community and environmental activists July 11-13 to demand that corporations provide living wage jobs with health care and union rights in exchange for...
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