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Miners plan work stoppage over anti-Obama film
September 24, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – (AP)Union leaders say a National Rifle Association film crew tried to coerce West Virginia miners into bad-mouthing presidential hopeful Barack Obama on camera, and that the union plans a brief work stoppage in...
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Protect your vote
September 24, 2008This year’s historic election may come down to two major factors: how many people turn out to the polls, and how many of their votes are counted. Voter turnout increased more than 120 percent during the...
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OPINION: Barney Smith, not Smith Barney
September 24, 2008The shockwaves from the financial crisis have left working class families in every part of the country in a state of great worry and fear. Over $100 billion of public money has been spent to bail...
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Letters: Sept. 20, 2008
September 20, 2008Heavy toll on Afghan children More reports coming out of Afghanistan indicate more dead children (“Protests grow over civilian deaths,” PWW 9/6-12). Civilian casualties are a perpetual reality in Afghanistan. In July, 47 were killed in...
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GOP targets key states with dirty tricks
September 20, 2008The AFL-CIO has launched a new voting rights protection program to help protect working-class voters against dirty tricks in the fall elections. My Vote, My Right aims “to ensure votes cast at the ballot box are...
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