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King birthday celebrated on picket line
January 24, 2009CRYSTAL CITY, Va. — In response to Barack Obama’s appeal for volunteer service on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Jan. 19, hundreds of union members and their allies marched on the picket line at the National...
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This land is our land
January 24, 2009Following Barack Obama on stage at the “We Are One” pre-inaugural concert Jan. 18, Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer and labor, civil rights and peace activist, joined by Bruce Springsteen and Seeger's grandson Tao Seeger, leads...
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REPORTERS NOTEBOOK: AFL-CIO marks King Day with action
January 24, 2009NEW ORLEANS — Each year the AFL-CIO celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a different city. This year, it was symbolic that the labor federation chose to hold the event here, with about 1,000 union...
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Mexican govt attacks miners union
January 24, 2009Since 2006, the right-wing Mexican governments of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon have been engaged in a war of nerves with the National Union of Mine, Metal and Allied Workers. Calderon has now escalated the fight...
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WORLD NOTES: January 31
January 24, 2009Paraguay: Agrarian reform unveiled Timed with President Fernando Lugo’s promise to respect landowning rights for 300,000 soy farmers from Brazil, Rural Development Minister Alberto Alderete on Jan. 12 launched the first phase of an agrarian reform...
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