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San Francisco hotel workers on strike
November 23, 2009About 650 workers at the St. Francis Hotel, one of the city's oldest and most luxurious, walked out on strike on November 18.
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Professor says award should go to Mexico’s electrical union
November 23, 2009Professor John Womack, an expert on Mexican labor history, has given up a prestigious prize, asking that it instead be awarded to the embattled Mexican Electrical Workers' Union.
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Students occupy university building to protest fee hikes
November 22, 2009Students occupied Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, protesting a decision by university regents to raise fees.
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House hearing debates Cuba travel
November 22, 2009A bill to end the Cuba travel ban got a lively debate in a House committee last week.
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Ft. Hood victim remembered with drums and dance
November 21, 2009CHICAGO — About 100 young people, friends and family gathered Nov. 13 to celebrate with bomba drums, dance and songs, the life of Private Francheska "Cheka" Velez one of the 13 victims of the Ft. Hood...
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