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Retirement home residents rally for workers
August 30, 2010Their hair is gray, some use walkers or canes, but that didn't stop them from rallying to support 38 workers "replaced" during a contract dispute.
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Muslim worker asks federal probe of Disney discrimination
August 30, 2010The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been asked to probe Disney's discrimination against a Muslim woman worker.
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Progressive Caucus tells deficit panel: “Take Social Security off the table”
August 30, 2010Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have told the two co-chairs of President Obama's deficit-cutting commission to "take Social Security off the table."
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Organized crime: part of the system in Guatemala
August 30, 2010While thousands of Guatemalans go hungry, everything indicates that the country's crime wave is part and parcel of a neoliberal effort to weaken the state as much as possible.
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S. Africa gov’t urged to talk with unions
August 30, 2010South Africa's communists called on the government and unions to "sit down and engage frankly" in order to resolve a three-week public sector strike.
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