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  • Trade unionists unite to debate crisis of capitalism

    Trade unionists unite to debate crisis of capitalism

    February 10, 2009 By Morning Star

    Original source: TRADE unionists from across the country gathered at the Communist Party of Britain's headquarters in Croydon over the weekend to debate the impact of the current capitalist crisis.

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  • AFL-CIO, SEIU leaders take off gloves in Solis fight

    AFL-CIO, SEIU leaders take off gloves in Solis fight

    February 10, 2009 By Art Levine

    Original source: After keeping a low profile while GOP legislators blocked Obama's Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis because of her support of the Employee Free Choice Act, top labor leaders today came out swinging. The right-wing...

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  • UnionBook: A social network for labor

    UnionBook: A social network for labor

    February 10, 2009

    Original source: Union activists are, well, active. Sometimes that’s a problem on social network sites like FaceBook, MySpace and others that tend to limit an individual’s activity if it exceeds their arbitrary limits. Our friends at...

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  • Prague, Washington meet on anti-missile shield

    Prague, Washington meet on anti-missile shield

    February 10, 2009

    Prague, (Prensa Latina) Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg traveled to the US Sunday to discuss the projected positioning of part of the anti-missile shield, encouraged by former US President George W. Bush, in the central European...

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  • Show us the green!

    Show us the green!

    February 8, 2009

    Blue-Green Alliance urges ‘green jobs’ investment WASHINGTON — Shawn Grimes, 30, who makes batteries for hybrid autos was one of more than 2000 people who converged on the nation’s capital to demand that Congress fund programs...

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