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Longshore workers battle union-buster (video)
July 26, 2011EGT, an international consortium in Longview, Wash., is privatizing a public dock, owned by the Port of Longview, and bringing in scab labor to bust the workers' local longshore union.
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Youth spirit sparks Asian American labor meet
July 26, 2011APALA's largest convention ever celebrated outstanding achievements in the fight to stop wage theft and to uphold the rights of immigrant and low-wage workers, and looked ahead to the continuing struggle for good jobs and labor...
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Turkish leader’s visit to occupied Cyprus sparks protest (video)
July 25, 2011Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan made a highly provocative visit July 20 to the Turkish-occupied region in northern Cyprus.
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GOP-dominated House votes to defund Organization of American States
July 25, 2011In another fit of lunacy, the Republican House Committee on Foreign Relations voted to cancel the payment of dues to the Organization of American States.
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On the Gulf, bipartisan backing for federal money, and unions
July 25, 2011The enormous tasks of rebuilding after Katrina also has at least one local Republican siding with the unions.
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