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  • U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    February 22, 2008

    Top labor leaders ended a trip to Colombia Feb. 13 by telling that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, American unions will not support the U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement until the killing of union members by right-wing death...

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  • Janitors kick off contract campaign

    Janitors kick off contract campaign

    February 22, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by Service Employees International Union held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern...

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  • World notes: Feb. 23, 2008

    World notes: Feb. 23, 2008

    February 22, 2008

    South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...

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  • In Iraq forever?

    In Iraq forever?

    February 22, 2008 By Susan Webb

    The online activism group MoveOn.org has launched an “Iraq/Recession” campaign, aiming to “make sure that politicians and pundits understand what voters already know: As long as we keep pouring that money down the drain in Iraq,...

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  • The history of the progress of humankind in the Yucatan

    The history of the progress of humankind in the Yucatan

    February 22, 2008

    MERIDA, Mexico – Why is it that wherever you travel you can trace the footprints of the progress of mankind? I recently visited Merida, Mexico and found great monuments to progressive struggles and leaders everywhere. On...

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