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Asian natural disasters: A harbinger of things to come?

November 7, 2009 By Brian McAfee

In a span of 5 weeks earthquakes, floods, mudslides, typhoons and tsunamis swept through 10 nations leaving thousands of people dead and rendering millions more homeless.

Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning

November 7, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.

In Thompson’s defeat, seeds of future victory

November 6, 2009 By Dan Margolis

It would be a mistake to classify Bloomberg's November 4 mayoral reelection win as anything but a defeat for the working people of New York City

Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt

November 6, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.

San Francisco Board set to overturn mayor’s veto on immigrant youth

November 5, 2009

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is expected to overturn the mayor's veto of an immigrant rights bill that would preserve the city's sanctuary tradition.