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  • Talks in Kansas City focus on immigration

    Talks in Kansas City focus on immigration

    October 29, 2008

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - 'We can not talk about immigration, without talking about racism,' said Jane Guskin, co-author of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers, to a packed audience at the Guadeloupe Community Center here...

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  • Machinists win tentative deal with Boeing

    Machinists win tentative deal with Boeing

    October 29, 2008

    The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced Oct. 27 that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Boeing Company on a contract that will improve job security for its members and curb...

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  • Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama

    Call center workers walk off job rather than read script attacking Obama

    October 28, 2008

    From Talking Points Memo: Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the...

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  • Economic concerns behind political shift in Indiana

    Economic concerns behind political shift in Indiana

    October 28, 2008

    Barack Obama’s surge in Indiana’s Oct. 23 Big10 Battleground Poll to a 10 point lead over John McCain (51 to 41 percent) is not surprising, considering the sharp concerns raised by workers at a union-sponsored forum...

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  • Miami’s early voters talk change

    Miami’s early voters talk change

    October 28, 2008

    MIAMI --- With early voting for president in heavily Democratic Miami-Dade County running ahead of 2004, there’s a good chance Florida could end up in the Obama column Nov. 4. Of the 100 Miami area early...

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